Heard, William Theodore (1884–1973)

Scottish cardinal. After studying at the English College in Rome, Italy, he was ordained priest in 1918 and served at Dockhead, Bermondsey, 1921–27. He served as auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota (1927–58), dean (1958–59), prelate of the Sacred Congregation of Rites (1944), and member of the Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Codex of Canon Law (1959). He became a cardinal in 1959.

Heard was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Fettes College and Balliol College, Oxford University. He was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1910.