Vincent Alan McClelland

Vincent Alan McClelland
Born1933 (1933)
United Kingdom
Died10 September 2025(2025-09-10) (aged 91–92)
OccupationsChurch historian, author
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Hull

Vincent Alan McClelland (1933–2025) was a British Church historian and author who specialized in the history of the Catholic Church.

McClelland was born in 1933.[1]

His career began at the University of Liverpool, where he was a lecture from 1964 to 1969, at which point he became a professor at the National University of Ireland until 1977. The next year, he became a professor at the University of Hull, where he also served as the Director at the Institute of Education.[1] In 2005, an essay collection in honor of McClelland, entitled Victorian Churches and Churchmen and edited by Sheridan Gilley, was published for the Catholic Record Society.[2]

McClelland was married to Marie McClelland.[3]

He died in Hull Hospital on 10 September 2025.[4]

Publications

  • By Whose Authority: Newman, Manning and the Magisterium
  • Cardinal Manning: His Public Life and Influence, 1865 - 1892 (1962)[5][6]
  • English Roman Catholics And Their Higher Education, 1830-1903 (1973)[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mcclelland, Vincent Alan". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Griffin, John R. (2007). "Victorian Churches and Churchmen: Essays Presented to Vincent Alan McClelland, ed. by Sheridan Gilley". Newman Studies Journal. 4 (1): 93–94. doi:10.1353/nsj.2007.0009. ISSN 2153-6945.
  3. ↑ "Click here to view the tribute page for Vincent Alan McCLELLAND". funeral-notices.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Catholic Records Society mourns passing of Professor Alan McClelland, "a noted scholar and historian of politics"". The Catholic Network. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Howard, Christopher (October 1964). "Cardinal Manning: his Public Life and Influence, 1865–1892. By Vincent Alan McClelland. Pp. xii + 256. London: Oxford University Press, 1962. 35s". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 15 (2): 267–268. doi:10.1017/S0022046900060103. ISSN 0022-0469.
  6. ↑ Ellis, John Tracy (June 1963). "Cardinal Manning: His Public Life and Influence, 1865–1892. By Vincent Alan McClelland. New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. xii, 256 pp. $5.60". Church History. 32 (2): 220–221. doi:10.2307/3163636. ISSN 0009-6407.
  7. ↑ Duffy, Eamon (October 1978). "English Roman Catholics and Higher Education, 1830–1903. By Vincent Alan McClelland. Pp × + 454. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973. £7". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 29 (4): 499–500. doi:10.1017/S0022046900039889. ISSN 0022-0469.