The Scottish A new day dawned for the Catholic Church on the Island in 1772. That year 210 Scottish immigrants arrived under the sponsorship of Captain John MacDonald and settled on his lands in the Scotchfort- area. Accompanying the new settlers was Father James MacDonald , aged 36. His "parish" extended over the whole Island which had not seen a priest for nearly fifteen years. The Acadians were particularly happy to have him here. More Scottish immigrants came in succeeding years and eventually extended their presence over much of Kings County and beyond. After only thirteen years here, Father James MacDonald died. Worn out by his years of exemplary missionary zeal as the only priest here, he left his beloved people greatly saddened and without a priest for the next five years. Since this Island then formed a part of the scattered Diocese of Quebec , Father MacEachern was soon called upon to exercise his ministry in and in New Brunswick as well. In 1821 he became auxiliary Bishop of Quebec and in 1829 the first Bishop of Charlottetown . During all his years here he maintained his headquarters at St. Andrew's. From these early Scottish immigrants came the first Island- born priest, Father Bernard MacDonald , who was ordained in 1822. After serving as pioneer missionary priest he became the second Bishop of Charlottetown . James Morrison , Bishop of Antigonish 1912-1950 In 1922 a grand monument, topped by an immense , was erected at Scotchfort to commemorate the arrival in P.E.I , of the first Scottish Catholic immigrants in 1772. The year 1790 is an immensely important one for the Island's Catholics. That year another band of Scottish immigrants arrived on the Island and this time, too, they were accompanied by a young priest, Father Angus MacEachern , aged 31 and filled with the missionary zeal of his recent predecessor. The Island Catholic population at this time was listed at approximately 600, half Acadian, half Scottish. The descendants of these early Scottish immigrants are pretty well spread all across PEI , especially in Kings County. Bishop Angus MacEachern 's boat Memorial to Scottish settlers, 1922 Who Came? ♦ 11