Archdeacon of Dunkeld
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The Archdeacon of Dunkeld was the only archdeacon
in the Diocese of Dunkeld
, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Dunkeld
. The following is a list of archdeacons:
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
in the Diocese of Dunkeld
Diocese of Dunkeld
The Diocese of Dunkeld was one of the 13 historical dioceses of Scotland preceding the abolition of Episcopacy in 1689.-History:It is thought that the diocese was constituted as far back as the middle of the ninth century. The first occupant was styled Bishop of Fortriu, the name by which the...
, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Dunkeld
Bishop of Dunkeld
The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Cormac...
. The following is a list of archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Dunkeld
- Jocelin, 1177-1194
- Henry, 1200 x 1209-1220 x 1225
- William de Ednam, 1221 x 1225-1245
- John de Everley, 1251 x 1257-1263 x 1272
- W [...], fl. 1282
- Matthew de Kinross, 1263 x-1304
- William de Pilmuir, 1329-1330 x
- Robert de DenRobert de DenRobert de Den was a 14th century bishop-elect of Dunkeld, Scotland. He had been the archdeacon of Dunkeld when, following the death of Bishop Richard de Pilmor, Robert was elected as the new bishop. The election took place on 28 January 1348...
, 1340-1347 x 1349 - Walter de WardlawWalter WardlawWalter Wardlaw was a 14th century bishop of Glasgow. He was the son of a Sir Henry Wardlaw of Torry, a middling knight of Fife. Before becoming bishop, Walter was a canon of Glasgow, a Master of Theology and archdeacon of Lothian. He was at the University of Paris, and a roll of the year 1349 has...
, 1349 - Adam Pullur, 1351-1351 x 1352
- John de Ethie, 1352
- Ingram de KetenisIngram de KetenisIngram de Ketenis [de Kethenys] was a medieval cleric from Angus in Scotland.A graduate of the University of Paris, he was Archdeacon of Dunkeld for over half a century. During his time, he received papal provision to be Bishop of Galloway, but refused to accept the position.De Ketenis famously...
, 1351 x 1359-1398 x 1407 - Richard de Cornell, 1398 x 1407-1408
- Richard Hunter, x 1408
- Alexander de Lilliesleaf, 1408-1415
- Alexander de LauderAlexander LauderAlexander de Lawedre was for the last five months of his life Bishop of Dunkeld, where he had previously been Archdeacon.-Biography:...
, 1415-1440 - John Stewart, 1418
- Ingram Lindsay, 1421
- James Bruce, 1440-1441
- Adam de Montgomery, 1440-1455
- John Carrick, 1455-1468
- James Lindsay, 1465
- Nicholas Graham, 1467
- William Livingstone, 1468
- David Luthirdale, 1475-1479
- William ElphinstoneWilliam ElphinstoneWilliam Elphinstone was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen.He was born in Glasgow, and educated at the University of Glasgow, taking the degree of M.A. in 1452. After practising for a short time as a lawyer in the church courts, he was ordained a...
, x 1476 - Alexander Tours, 1492-1507
- George Ferne, 1508-1517 x 1518
- John Carnavel, 1512
- William Meldrum, 1517 x 1518-1527
- David Meldrum, 1532-1550
- David Spens, 1547-1586
- James Spens, 1581
- John Ramsay, 1591 x 1610-1618
- Alexander Bruce, 1619-1633