Archdeacon of Galloway
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The Archdeacon of Galloway was the only archdeacon
in the medieval Diocese of Galloway
(Whithorn), acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Galloway
. 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 medieval Diocese of Galloway
Diocese of Galloway
The Diocese of Galloway was one of the thirteen dioceses of the pre-1689 Scottish Church. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Galloway and was centred on Whithorn Cathedral....
(Whithorn), acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Galloway
Bishop of Galloway
The Bishop of Galloway, also called the Bishop of Whithorn, was the eccesiastical head of the Diocese of Galloway, said to have been founded by Saint Ninian in the mid-5th century. The subsequent Anglo-Saxon bishopric was founded in the late 7th century or early 8th century, and the first known...
. The following is a list of archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Galloway
- Robert, fl. 1154 x 1186
- John, fl. 1186 x 1222
- Michael, fl. 1235 x 1253
- Geoffrey, 1254-1294
- John Nepos, 1294-1294
- Gilbert de Galloway (Galwidia), fl. 1320 x 1321
- Patrick Macdowell, x 1331-1360
- Stephen de Makerstoun (Malcarston), fl. x 1367.
- Duncan Petit, fl. 1363
- Richard Smerles fl. x 1391.
- Thomas de BuittleThomas de BuittleThomas de Buittle [Butil, Butill, Butyll, Butyl, Bucyl] was a Scottish prelate, clerk and papal auditor active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Probably originating in Galloway, Scotland, Thomas took a university career in canon law in England and France, before taking up service at the...
, 1391 - 1415. - Gilbert CavanGilbert CavanGilbert Cavan was a cleric based primarily in Galloway in the early 15th century, a servant of the earls of Douglas and briefly Bishop of Galloway-elect...
, 1415-1415 x 1417. - John Gray, 1415 x 1417-1425
- Patrick Young, 1423-1471
- David de Hamilton, 1425
- John Betoun, 1427-1428
- John Benyng, 1430
- Thomas Spens, x 1450
- John Otterburn, 1471-1478
- George Brown, 1477-1478
- Andrew Stewart, 1502-1507
- Walter Betoun, 1507
- Thomas Nudry, 1509-1510 x 1512.
- Alexander Shaw, 1512-1513
- Henry WemyssHenry WemyssHenry Wemyss was a prelate from the 16th century Kingdom of Scotland. He appears in the sources in the bishopric of Galloway for the first time in 1517, and rose to become Bishop of Galloway in 1526, a position he held until his death in 1541....
, 1513 x 1522-1531 - Patrick Arnot, 1529-1543
- Thomas Hay, 1531
- Lyon Brown, 1576-1577
- James Adamson, 1614-1637