John Laing (bishop)

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John Laing
Bishop of Glasgow
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Diocese Glasgow
Appointed28 January 1474
Term ended11 January 1483
Predecessor Andrew de Durisdeer
Successor Robert Blackadder
Personal details
Died11 January 1483

John Laing was a 15th-century bishop of Glasgow. He was from the family of "Redhouse" in the shire of Edinburgh. Before becoming bishop he was rector of Tannadice in Angus, vicar of Linlithgow, and was rector of Newlands in the diocese of Glasgow when he was appointed to the see in 1474. In 1476 he founded the Franciscan Monastery or 'Greyfriars' of Glasgow in conjunction with Thomas Forsyth, Rector of Glasgow. [1] He was appointed Chancellor of Scotland in 1482. He died on 11 January 1483. [2]

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Citations

  1. Millar, Alexander Hastie (1892). "Laing, John (d.1483)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 31. p. 403.
  2. "Bishop John Laing (Layne) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

Bibliography

  • Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Glasgow
1474–1483
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Chancellor of Scotland
1482–83
Succeeded by