Peter Moran 1935 – 2026

Biography

Peter Antony Moran was a Scottish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Aberdeen from 2003 to 2011. Born in Glasgow on April 13, 1935, he was educated at St Aloysius’ College and spent seven years at the Pontifical Scots College in Rome, where he was ordained a priest in 1959. He later earned degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University, the University of Glasgow and the University of Aberdeen. Moran taught at Blairs College, the national minor seminary for Scotland, from 1964 to 1986, and served as parish priest of Inverurie and chaplain to schools in the Aberdeen area. After Bishop Mario Conti moved to Glasgow in 2002, Moran served as diocesan administrator before Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Aberdeen on October 13, 2003; he was consecrated that December 1. He retired in June 2011 and was succeeded by Hugh Gilbert. Moran died on November 13, 2026, at Northcote Lodge Care Home in Aberdeen, aged 91.