John Toner (14 March 1857 – 31 May 1949) was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Dunkeld from 1914 to 1949.[1]
Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 14 March 1857,[1][2] he was educated at Blairs College from 1871 to 1875[3][2] and the Royal Scots College, Valladolid from 1875 to 1882.[3][2] He was ordained to the priesthood on 25 March 1882 in Palencia[2] for the Archdiocese of Glasgow. He was curate of St Laurence, Greenock from 1882 to 1887[3] and returned to Blairs College as a professor from 1887 to 1890.[3] He was parish priest of St Michael's, Parkhead from 1890 to 1897[3] and St Patrick's, Anderston from 1897 to 1901.[3] From 1901 to 1914 he was parish priest of St Columbkille's, Rutherglen.[3][2] He was named Canon of Glasgow in 1902.[2]
Canon Toner was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld by the Holy See on 8 September 1914, and consecrated to the Episcopate on 15 October 1914. The principal consecrator was James August Smith, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and the principal co-consecrators were Donald Aloysius Mackintosh, Coadjutor Archbishop of Glasgow and James William McCarthy, Bishop of Galloway.[1]
He died in office on 31 May 1949, aged 92.[1]
