Background
Logan, Vincent Paul was born on June 30, 1941 in Bathgate, Scotland. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Flannigan) Logan.
Logan, Vincent Paul was born on June 30, 1941 in Bathgate, Scotland. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Flannigan) Logan.
Student, St. Andrews College, Drygrange, 1958-1964; diploma in religious education, Corpus Christi College, London, 1967.
Until his resignation Bishop Logan was one of eight serving Catholic bishops in Scotland. As was common at the time, the young Vincent entered the junior seminary of Street Mary"s College at Blairs, near Aberdeen, where he completed his secondary education. His post-secondary education was at Street Andrew"s College, Drygrange, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, before being ordained to the Catholic priesthood on 14 March 1964 to serve in the Archdiocese of Street Andrews and Edinburgh.
Father Logan served in several parishes, eventually being appointed as Vicar Episcopal for Religious Education in the Archdiocese.
Father Logan was nominated as bishop by his mentor, Cardinal Gordon Gray. When, on 26 February 1981, he received episcopal consecration at Saint Andrew"s Cathedral in Dundee, Bishop Logan was only 39 years of age and as such one of the youngest Catholic bishops in the world.
The bishop announced he would be retiring at sixty nine years of age due to ill health and feeling unable to continue to with a fully active ministry. Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as Bishop of Dunkeld on 6 July 2012.
President Jubilee 2000 National Committee, since 1996. Member Order of Malta (magistral chaplain 1985, convental chaplain 1991).