Bishop of Glasgow

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Glasgow Cathedral, seat (cathedra) of the historical bishops and archbishops of Glasgow, as it is today.
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Glasgow Cathedral, seat (cathedra) of the historical bishops and archbishops of Glasgow, as it is today.

The Bishop of Glasgow was the ecclesiatical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then, as Archbishop of Glasgow, the Archdiocese of Glasgow. The bishopric as a functional Glasgow institution originates in the period of the reign of David, Prince of the Cumrbians, but the earliest attested bishop was Michael, who may have been no more than a nominal appointee of the Archbishop of York.

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[edit] List of bishops of Glasgow

The seal or signet of Jocelin, a Cistercian monk and former Abbot of Melrose, who became one of the most significant bishops of Glasgow.
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The seal or signet of Jocelin, a Cistercian monk and former Abbot of Melrose, who became one of the most significant bishops of Glasgow.
Tenure Incumbent Notes
fl. 1055 x 1060 Magsuen Name is either a corruption of Magnus or Mac Suein. Said in York sources to have been consecrated by Cynesige, Archbishop of York.
fl. 1055 x 1060-1066 Johannes Scotus Said to have been consecrated by Cynesige; probably the John "the Scot" who later became bishop of Mecklenburg.
fl. x1114 Michael
cons. x1118 John
cons. 1147 Herbert
el./cons. 1164 Enguerrand (Ingelram)
el./conf. 1174; cons. 1175 Jocelin
el. 1199 Hugh de Roxburgh He died less that four months after his election. It is probable that he was not consecrated.
el. 1199; cons. 1200 William de Malveisin Translated to the higher ranking Bishopric of St Andrews in 1202.
el. 1202 Florence Was bishop-elect for five years, but probably never received consecration, and resigned his see in 1207 to retire to Rome.
el. 1207; cons. 1208 Walter
el. 1232x1233; cons. 1233 William de Bondington
post. 1258x1259 Nicholas de Moffat He travelled to the Holy See to become consecrated; but he did not pay the money requested of him, and the his travel companions turned against him. He therefore returned to Scotland unconsecrated, and had to give the see to someone else.
prov./cons. 1259 John de Cheyam
el. 1268 Nicholas de Moffat (again) This time, Nicholas died before consecration.
el. 1270 William Wishart He was translated to the higher ranking Bishopric of St Andrews before receiving consecration for Glasgow.
el. 1271; cons. 1273 Robert Wishart
el. 1316x1317 Stephen de Donydouer Travelled to the Holy See to receive consecration, but the Pope rejected his election under pressure from King Edward II of England; he died at Paris on his return home.
prov./cons. 1318 John de Egglescliffe He was provided and consecrated by Pope John XXII, acting in accordance with King Edward II, after rejecting the election of John de Lindesay.. As a pro-English appointee, he never took possession of the see, and was translated to the Bishopric of Down in March, 1323.
el. 1317; prov./cons. 1323 John de Lindesay
el. 1335; conf./cons. 1336 John Wishart
el. 1338; conf./cons. 1339 William Rae
el./prov. 1367 Walter Wardlaw
cons. 1387 Matthew de Glendonwyn In 1391, during the Western Schism, the Roman Pope tried appoint John Framisden to the see, but it was politically unsuccessful.
prov./cons. 1408 William de Lawedre
el. 1425x1426; prov. 1426; cons. 1427 John Cameron
trans. 1447 James Bruce
prov. 1447; cons. 1447x1448 William Turnbull
prov. 1455; cons. 1456 Andrew de Durisdere
prov./cons. 1474 John Laing
el. 1483 George de Carmichel He was never consecrated because the Pope, Pope Sixtus IV rejected his election because he had previously reserved the see for himself.
trans./cons. 1483 Robert Blackadder During Robert's episcopate, the Bishopric of Glasgow was elevated to the status of Archbishopric. Thereafter, Robert and his successors would bear the title "Archbishop" instead of merely "Bishop".

[edit] List of archbishops of Glasgow

Tenure Incumbent Notes
bp 1483; abp 1492 Robert Blackadder During Robert's episcopate, the

Bishopric of Glasgow was elevated to the status of Archbishopric. Thereafter, Robert and his successors would bear the title "Archbishop" instead of merely "Bishop".
el. 1508; trans./cons. 1509 James Beaton
prov. 1524; cons. 1525 Gavin Dunbar
prov./cons. 1550 Alexander Gordon
prov. 1551; cons. 1552 James Beaton II James Beaton was the last Archbishop before the Scottish Reformation. Although there continued to be nominal archbishops of the see, they were no longer part of the Western Church.

[edit] Abbreviations

  • abp. = Archbishop
  • bp. = Bishop, signifying beginning or period as bishop.
  • coadj. = coadjutor, the designated successor of the bishop
  • cons. = consecrate as bishop by church authorities
  • el. = elected as bishop by the clergy
  • post. = postulated, i.e. nominated for the bishopric (i.e. by the monarch)
  • prov. = provision by the Pope
  • suc. = succeeded
  • trans. = translated to bishopric from other bishopric

    [edit] References

    • Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

    [edit] See also


    Prelates of Medieval Scotland (post-1100)
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