Archdeacon of Orkney

The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the Archdeaconry of Orkney, a sub-division of the Diocese of Orkney. This archeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Shetland.

List of known archdeacons of Orkney

William, 1309-1310
William de Buchan, 1369-1372 (afterwards Archdeacon of Shetland).
Johne Thome, x 1429
John Patrickson, 1419
William Brown, 1420
Thomas de Greenlaw, 1422-1424
Simon de Greenlaw, 1422
Andrew de Tulloch, 1435-1447 x 1448
Thomas Etal, 1438
Christopher Gynnis, 1448-1449
Nicholas Blair, 1449
Andrew Wishart, 1451-1456 x 1461
James Kinnaird, 1465-1481
Humphrey Clerk, 1513
John Tyrie, 1527-1559 x
Gilbert Foulsie, 1561-1580
Thomas Swentoun, 1586-1626 x 1627
Francis Liddell, 1627-1635

Notes

References

Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 359–61

Senior churchmen of Medieval Scotland (post-1100)

Archbishops	Glasgow (1492) St Andrews (1472)

Bishops	Aberdeen Argyll Brechin Caithness Dunblane Dunkeld Galloway Glasgow Isles (Sodor) Moray Orkney Ross St Andrews

Archdeacons	Aberdeen Argyll Brechin Caithness Dunblane Dunkeld Galloway Glasgow Isles (Sodor) Lothian Moray Orkney Ross St Andrews Shetland Teviotdale

Abbots	Arbroath Balmerino Cambuskenneth Coupar Angus Crossraguel Culross Deer Dercongal (Holywood) Dryburgh Dundrennan Dunfermline Fearn Glenluce Holyrood Inchaffray Inchcolm Iona Jedburgh Kelso (Selkirk) Kilwinning Kinloss Lindores Melrose Newbattle Paisley Saddell Scone Soulseat Sweetheart Tongland

Priors	Ardchattan Beauly Blantyre Canonbie Coldingham Fogo Fyvie Inchmahome Lesmahagow May (Pittenweem) Monymusk Oronsay Perth Pluscarden Restenneth St Andrews Strathfillan St Mary's Isle St Serf's Inch, Loch Leven Urquhart Whithorn

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