The Rt Rev. John Keenan

LLB BTh STL

Episcopal Governor (Scotland)

Bishop John Keenan is the Bishop of the Diocese of Paisley, and presently serves as Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and the Episcopal President of the Conference’s Marriage, Family and Life Commission.

In 1984 he matriculated at the University of Glasgow where he read law, graduating with First Class Honours. After ordination July 1995, he was appointed to the parish of Christ the King in King’s Park, Glasgow. Between 1995 and 2005, he lectured in philosophy at Scotus College, Bearsden. In 2000, he was appointed chaplain to the Catholic students and staff of the University of Glasgow, a post he held until his episcopal ordination in 2014.

Sincerest Thanks for Your Support

Staff are grateful to all those who sustained the Centre in the past by their prayers and the generous financial support from trusts, organisations, communities and especially from individual donors, including the core funding that came through the Day for Life fund and so from the generosity of many thousands of parishioners. We would finally like to acknowledge the support the Centre has received from the Catholic community in Ireland, especially during the pandemic when second collections were not possible.

We would like to emphasise that, though the Centre is now closed, these donations have not been wasted but have helped educate and support generations of conscientious healthcare professionals, clerics, and lay people over almost 50 years. This support has also helped prevent repeated attempts to legalise euthanasia or assisted suicide in Britain and Ireland from 1993 till the end of the Centre’s work on 31 July 2025.