Bishop of Argyll

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The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld was formed into the new diocese. The bishops were based at Lismore. The Bishopric of Argyll, like other Scottish bishoprics, passed into the keeping of the Scottish Episcopal Church after the Scottish Reformation.

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List of Bishops of Argyll

Bishops of Argyll
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
c. 1200c. 1230 Harald
c. 12381241 William Previously Chancellor of Moray.
c. 12521262 Alan
12641299 Laurence de Ergadia The Cathedral of Argyll on Lismore is thought to have been built during his term as bishop. [1]
1301c. 1327 Andrew Exiled with John, Lord of Argyll following the Battle of Brander in 1308. Returned to Scotland after the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. [1]
el. 1342 ? Aonghas de Ergadia Bishop-elect. Both he and a Dominican called Martin appeared before Pope Clement VI, as the succession to the see was disputed. The Pope handed the matter over to be examined by Bertrand du Pouget, Bishop of Ostia, but Aonghas died before the matter was solved.
13421362 Martin de Ergadia The western tower is thought to have been added to the cathedral on Lismore during his term as bishop. [1]
13871390 Iain MacDhùghaill Appears only in continental records; he was scholar of the Pope.
13971411 Beoan MacGilleandrais
 ?1420 John Balsham Resigned 1420 and retired to Ipswich Carmelite House, where he died in 1425. [2]
14201426 Finlay de Albania
14271461 George Lauder Conflict within the diocese led to him locating from Lismore to Dunoon. [1]
1475c. 1494 Robert Colquhoun
1497c. 1522 David Hamilton
1525c. 1535 Robert Montgomery
15391553 William Cunningham Youngest son of Lord Glencairn; provided to the see by Pope Paul III; resigned the diocese into the hands of the Pope in 1553, and became Dean of Brechin.
15531580 James Hamilton Became a Protestant; also "subdean" of Glasgow from January 1580; died in office.
15801608 Neil Campbell
16081613 John Campbell
16131636 Andrew Boyd
16371638 James Fairlie As with other Scottish bishops, he was deprived by parliament in December 1638; episcopacy was restored after the Restoration.
16621665 David Fletcher
1665 John Young Appointed but not consecrated; died in June 1665.
16661675 William Scrogie
c. 16751679 Arthur Rose Translated to Galloway, to Glasgow, then to St Andrews.
16791680 Colin Falconer Translated to Moray.
16801687 Hector McLaine
1688 Alexander Monro Nominated by James VII & II, but not consecrated

In 1689, episcopacy was permanently abolished in the Scottish Church. The line of bishops continued within the Scottish Episcopal Church, where the title was often combined with others. In 1847, Alexander Ewing became the first to bear the title Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, and, in 1878, Angus MacDonald became the first Roman Catholic bishop to bear that same title.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hay, Robert (2025), Monks and Bishops: Lismore 560 - 1560. Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, pp. 79, 81 - 92, 108 & 121 - 130, ISBN   9781839830860
  2. ↑ B. Zimmerman, 'The White Friars at Ipswich,' Proc. Suffolk Institute of Archaeology ; 10 Part 2 (1899), 204.

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