Tributes paid to former Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti, dead at 88

(Photograph by Marcin Mazur)

Catholics in Scotland are mourning the death of Emeritus Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow who has died after a short illness.

Archbishop Conti, 88, was admitted to the city’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he “died peacefully” on November 8. He had served as a priest for 64 years and as a bishop for 45 years.

Tributes were led by Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland.

Bishop Gilbert said: “It was with great sadness that we learned … of the death of Archbishop Emeritus Mario Conti.