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Alexander John Grant (1693 – 19 September 1727) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who briefly served as the vicar apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.

Educated at the Scots College in Rome, he was appointed the first vicar apostolic of the Highland District and titular bishop of Sura by the Holy See on 16 September 1727. However, Father Grant died on 19 September 1727, without being consecrated a bishop.

References

1. Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. pp. 463–464.
2. "Father Alexander John Grant". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 September 2010.

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