Alexander Young (bishop)

Alexander Young (died 1684) was a Scottish bishop.

Young was born in Aberdeen, of the Altbar family. In the winter of 1671, he became Bishop of Edinburgh, a position he held until his translation to be Bishop of Ross in 1679. This had been arranged by the Duchess of Lauderdale in order to allow John Paterson, Bishop of Galloway (not John Paterson, Young's predecessor at Ross) to hold the Diocese of Edinburgh. Young suffered from an ailment and in 1684 travelled to France to have an operation. He failed to survive the operation and died several weeks afterwards.

References

Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1824)

Church of Scotland titles
Preceded by George Wishart	Bishop of Edinburgh 1671–1679	Succeeded by John Paterson
Preceded by John Paterson	Bishop of Ross 1679–1684	Succeeded by James Ramsay

Bishops of Ross

Pre-Reformation Bishops of Ross Mac Bethad of Rosemarkie Symeon of Rosemarkie Gregoir of Rosemarkie Reinald Macer Andreas de Moravia§ Robert I Robert II Matthew Robert de Fyvie Adam de Darlington§ Thomas de Dundee Roger Alexander Stewart Alexander de Kylwos Alexander de Waghorn Thomas Lyell§ Gruffydd Young§ John Bullock Andrew Munro§ Thomas de Tulloch Henry Cockburn John Woodman William Elphinstone Thomas Hay John Guthrie John Fraser Robert Cockburn James Hay Robert Cairncross David Panter Henry Sinclair Post-Reformation Bishops of Ross Henry Sinclair John Lesley Alexander Hepburn David Lindsay Patrick Lindsay James Maxwell John Paterson Alexander Young James Ramsay

§ non-consecrated or titular bishops

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