Henry Gall

(Northern District) Born at Aberdeen, October 1828, the son of John Gall and Barbara Cruickshank, and a convert to Catholicism; left, unordained, 9th November 1847, readmitted to Blairs, 14th December 1847, and ordained a priest by Bp. Kyle at Preshome, 25th March 1852; because of ill health, went, in 1874, to England, then to Belgium and, finally, to Paris, where he died, 17th September 1891.

Date	Age	Description
Oct. 1828		Born Aberdeen
1839-1843	11	Blairs
29 Sep.1843	14	Arrived in the College
9 Nov. 1847	19	Left unordained
14 Dec. 1847	19	Readmitted to Blairs
1847-1852	19	Blairs
25 Mar. 1852	23	Ordained a priest by Bp. Kyle at Preshome
1852	24	Preshome
1852-1863	24	Tomintoul
1863-1867	35	Professor at Blairs
1867-1869	39	Preshome
1869-1870	41	Nairn
1870-1874	42	Peterhead
1874	46	Resigned in bad health
1874-1891	46	Went to England, then Belgium before settling in Paris
17 Sep.1891	62	Died Paris

Report of the ordination of Henry Gall in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1853.

The Rev. Henry Gall, born in Aberdeen, October, 1828, was admitted into St. Mary’s College, Blairs, on 31st August, 1839. Being sent, on the 9th September, 1843, to the Scots College at Valladolid, he left that College in November, 1847, and was readmitted to Blairs on the 14th December following. Having there completed his theological studies, he was called to Preshome on the 12th March, 1852, where he was ordained Subdeacon on the 20th, Deacon the 22d, and Priest on the 25th of same month and year by the Right Rev. Dr Kyle. Having spent the subsequent six months as Missionary at Preshome, he was appointed in October to the charge of the Congregation at Strathavon.