John is a parish priest in Glasgow and chaplain to the largest Catholic school in Europe. Geddes took an interest in the poet's work, and was responsible for getting 5 Catholic Seminaries, including that of the Scots College at Valladolid, of which he had once been Rector to subscribe to the Edinburgh Edition of 1787.

He first got involved with HCPT in 1983 as a student at the Royal Scots College, Valladolid. 3 A plaque commemorating Fr Donald Easson is on view in the church 4 The Scots College in Spain, published Valladolid … Posted on April 30, 2016 May 4, 2016 by College Community Bishop of Motherwell, Joseph Toal, will preside at the ordinations of three seminarians of the Scots College, Rome on the 1st May. At that time the college almost disappeared but fortunately the bishops in Scotland sent a priest, John Geddes, to Madrid. (London/New York 1986) pp. He studied for the priesthood at The Scots College in Valladolid from 1974 to 1980 and was ordained at St John’s in Portobello in July 1980. [William Forbes-Leith; New Spalding Club (Aberdeen, Scotland)] Get this from a library! He was educated at St Mary’s Primary, Irvine, Guardian Angels Primary, Bury, St Vincent’s College, Langbank and St Mary’s College, Blairs.

9 – 10. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh in the college chapel on 17 March 1956 by Bishop Joseph McGee. It may be a surprise to some to learn that there is a Scots College in Salamanca, Spain. 41 This insistence on staffing the college with natives of the country of residence was one of the conditions that Persons accepted when St Alban’s College was founded at Valladolid in 1589. He recovered the college property, obtained a confiscated Jesuit college in Valladolid, transferred the Scots College there while still retaining the Madrid property. He then studied at the Royal Scots College, Valladolid. Michael Williams has conjectured that Shepherd was under pressure to accept him and the other Spanish students,22 Williams, St Alban's College, p.109. The Crown expelled the Society of Jesus, took possession of their property in Valladolid, then with the assistance of Dr Perry at the English College of St Alban, the Crown gave the premises to the Scots … It may be an even bigger surprise to some to learn that The Royal Scots College of Salamanca has ties with Lochwinnoch dating back to 1627 when the college was established. His Senior Seminary was the Royal Scots College, Spain – both at Valladolid and then Salamanca – where he graduated with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology.

Records of the Scots colleges at Douai, Rome, Madrid, Valladolid and Ratisbon. Fr Greenan served Holy Cross Parish in Edinburgh (1980-81) and St Andrew's, Livingston (1981-86). Williams, M. E., St. Alban’s College Valladolid, Four Centuries of English Catholic Presence in Spain. as happened in the Scots College.23 Maurice Taylor, The Scots College in Spain (Valladolid, 1971), p.133‐4.

The Valladolid building which Geddes sought and acquired had been the Jesuit College of San Ambrosio. Royal Scots College – Salamanca . Here, Bishop Toal reflects on the importance of the ordinations in the …