Alexander Inglis

**Alexander Inglis**


Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Senior posting
See	Diocese of Dunkeld
Title	Bishop of Dunkeld (elect)
Period in office	1483–4
Consecration	1476
Predecessor	James Livingston
Successor	George Brown
Religious career
Previous bishoprics	None
Previous post	Dean of Dunkeld (1470–96); Archdeacon of St Andrews (1480–96)
Personal
Date of birth	1400s
Place of birth	Probably Scotland
Place of death	1496

Alexander Inglis was 15th century Scottish cleric and royal clerk. He was the son of one George Inglis and his wife Margeret.^[1] At some point in his life he had attended university and obtained a Licentiate in Decrees.^[1] In 1477 he became Dean of the diocese of Dunkeld,^[2] and in 1480 became Archdeacon of St Andrews.^[3] On September 17, 1483, after the death of Bishop James Livingston, he was elected to succeed the latter as Bishop of Dunkeld.^[4] Inglis ran into difficulty on October 22, when the Chancellor of the diocese of Aberdeen, George Brown, was also provided as Bishop of Dunkeld.^[4] Inglis was styled Bishop-elect in Scotland until 1485,^[5] but on June 13, 1484, Brown had been consecrated at the Papal see.^[6] Inglis continued to hold his previous posts as Archdeacon and Dean until his death in 1496.^[7]

[edit] Notes

Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)

Religious Posts
Preceded by Andrew Stewart	Archdeacon of St Andrews 1480–1496	Succeeded by Robert de Fontibus (Wells)
Preceded by James Livingston	Bishop of Dunkeld (elect) 1483–1484	Succeeded by George Brown