Bishop of Argyll explained

The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld was formed into the new diocese. The bishops were based at Lismore. The Bishopric of Argyll, like other Scottish bishoprics, passed into the keeping of the Scottish Episcopal Church after the Scottish Reformation.

List of Bishops of Argyll

Bishops of Argyll
FromUntilIncumbentNotes.
Harald
1241WilliamPreviously Chancellor of Moray.
1262Alan
12641299Laurence de Ergadia
1301AndrewExiled with John, Lord of Argyll following the Battle of Brander in 1308.
el. 1342?Aonghas de ErgadiaBishop-elect. Both he and a Dominican called Martin appeared before Pope Clement VI, as the succession to the see was disputed. The Pope handed the matter over to be examined by Bertrand du Pouget, Bishop of Ostia, but Aonghas died before the matter was solved.
13421362Martin de Ergadia
13871390Iain MacDhùghaillAppears only in continental records; he was scholar of the Pope.
13971411Beoan MacGilleandrais
?1420John BalshamResigned 1420 and retired to Ipswich Carmelite House, where he died in 1425.[1]
14201426Finlay de Albania
14271461George Lauder
1475Robert Colquhoun
1497David Hamilton
1525Robert Montgomery
15391553William CunninghamYoungest son of Lord Glencairn; provided to the see by Pope Paul III; resigned the diocese into the hands of the Pope in 1553, and became Dean of Brechin.
15531580James HamiltonBecame a Protestant; also "subdean" of Glasgow from January 1580; died in office.
15801608Neil Campbell
16081613John Campbell
16131636Andrew Boyd
16371638James FairlieAs with other Scottish bishops, he was deprived by parliament in December 1638; episcopacy was restored after the Restoration.
16621665David Fletcher
1665John YoungAppointed but not consecrated; died in June 1665.
16661675William Scrogie
1679Arthur RoseTranslated to Galloway, to Glasgow, then to St Andrews.
16791680Colin FalconerTranslated to Moray.
16801687Hector McLaine
1688Alexander MonroNominated by James VII & II, but not consecrated
In 1689, Episcopacy was permanently abolished in the Scottish Church. The line of bishops continued within the Scottish Episcopal Church, where the title was often combined with others. In 1847, Alexander Ewing became the first to bear the title Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, and, in 1878, Angus MacDonald became the first Roman Catholic bishop to bear that same title.

References

Notes and References

  1. B. Zimmerman, 'The White Friars at Ipswich,' Proc. Suffolk Institute of Archaeology; 10 Part 2 (1899), 204.