Bishop of Argyll
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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 formed into the new diocese. The bishops were based at Lismore. The Bishopric of Argyll, like other Scottish bishoprics, passed into the keeping the Scottish Episcopal Church after the Scottish Reformation.
[edit] List of bishops of Argyll
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| x 1189(?)-1228 x 1232 | Harald | |
| 1238 x 1239-1241 | William | Was Chancellor of Moray before his postulation to the see of Argyll |
| 1250 x 1253-1262 | Alan | |
| 1264-1299 | Laurence de Ergadia | |
| 1301-1327 x | Andrew | Exiled with John, Lord of Argyll following the Battle of Brander in 1308 |
| el. 1342 | Aonghas de Ergadia | Was bishop-elect. Both he and one Martin, a Dominican, appeared before Pope Clement VI, as the succession to the bishopric was disputed. The Pope handed the matter over to be examined by Bertrand du Pouget, Bishop of Ostia. Aonghas died before the matter was solved. |
| 1342-1362 | Martin de Ergadia | |
| 1387-1390 | Iain MacDhùghaill | Appears only in continental records; he was scholar of the Pope. |
| 1397-1411 | Beoan MacGilleandrais | |
| ? -1420 | John Balsham | Resigned 1420 and retired to Ipswich Carmelite House, where he died in 1425.[1] |
| 1420-1426 | Fionnlagh of Albany | |
| 1427-1461 | George Lauder | |
| 1475-1493 x 1496 | Robert Colquhoun | |
| 1497-1522 x 1523 | David Hamilton | |
| 1525-1533 x 1538 | Robert Montgomery | |
| 1539-1553 | William Cunningham | Youngest son of William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn. He was provided to the see by Pope Paul III. He resigned the diocese into the hands of the Pope in 1553, and became a dean of Brechin. |
| 1553-1580 | James Hamilton | He became a protestant, and died as Bishop of Argyll and "subdean" of Glasgow in January, 1580. |
| 1580-1608 | Niall Caimbeul | |
| 1608-1613 | Iain Caimbeul | |
| 1613-1636 | Andrew Boyd | |
| 1637-1638 | James Fairlie | As with other Scottish bishops, he was deprived by parliament in December 1638; episcopacy was restored after the Restoration. |
| 1661 | John Young | |
| 1662-1665 | David Fletcher | |
| 1666-1675 | William Scrogie | |
| x 1675–1679 | Arthur Rose | Became Bishop of Galloway, then Archbishop of Glasgow, then Archbishop of St Andrews. |
| 1679-1680 | Colin Falconer | Became Bishop of Moray. |
| 1680-1687 | - MacLean | |
| 1688 | Alexander Monro | Episcopacy permanently abolished in the Scottish Church. |
The line of bishops continues within the Scottish Episcopal Church, where the title was often combined with other dioceses. 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.
[edit] References
- ^ B. Zimmerman, 'The White Friars at Ipswich,' Proc. Suffolk Institute of Archaeology 10 Part 2 (1899), 204.
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)
- Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
