Bishop of Dunblane
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The Bishop of Dunblane or Bishop of Strathearn was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunblane/Strathearn, one of medieval Scotland's thirteen bishoprics. It was based at Dunblane Cathedral, now a parish church of the Church of Scotland. The bishopric itself certainly derives from an older Gaelic Christian community. According to legend, the Christian community of Dunblane was derived from the mission of St. Bláán, a saint originally associated with the monastery of Cenn Garath (Kingarth) on the Isle of Bute. Although the bishopric had its origins in the 1150s or before, the cathedral was not build nor was the seat (cathedra) of the diocese fixed at Dunblane until the episcopate of Clement.
The Bishopric's links with Rome ceased to exist after the Scottish Reformation, but continued, saving temporary abolition between 1638 and 1661, under the episcopal Church of Scotland until the Revolution of 1688. Episcopacy in the established church in Scotland was permanently abolished in 1689.
[edit] List of bishops of Dunblane
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| fl. 1155 | M. | |
| 1155 x 1161-1165 x 1178 | Laurence | |
| 1168 x 1178–1194 x 1198 | Simon | |
| 1195 x 1198-1210 | Jonathan | |
| 1210 x 1214–1220 x 1225 | Abraham | |
| 1223 x 1225-1226 | Radulf | Elect only. |
| 1226 x 1227-1231 | Osbert | |
| 1233-1258 | Clement | |
| 1258 x 1259-1284 | Robert de Prebenda | |
| 1284-1291 x 1296 | William | |
| 1295 x 1296-1300 x 1301 | Alpín | |
| 1301-1306 x 1307 | Nicholas | Nicholas was previously Abbot of Arbroath. |
| 1307-1319 x 1320 | Nicholas de Balmyle | |
| 1295 x 1296-1300 x 1301 | Richard de Pontefract | Nominated by Edward I of England to Papacy. Nomination unsuccessful. |
| 1319 x 1322 | Roger de Balnebrich | The cathedral chapter was divided on the successor of Nicolas de Balmyle; a long litigation between Roger and Maurice, Abbot of Inchaffray, took place at the Papal court, which resulted in the consecration of Maurice. |
| 1319 x 1322-1347 | Maurice | Previously Abbot of Inchaffray. |
| 1347-1361 | William de Cambuslang | |
| 1361-1371 | Walter de Coventry | |
| 1372-1373 | Andrew Magnus | |
| 1380-1403 | Dúghall de Lorne | |
| 1403-1419 | Fionnlagh MacCailein | |
| 1419-1428 x 1429 | William Stephani | Previously Bishop of Orkney. |
| 1429-1446 | Michael Ochiltree | |
| 1446 x 1447 | Walter Stewart | Elected, but not conferred. |
| 1447-1466 | Robert Lauder | |
| 1466-1485 x 1487 | John Herspolz | |
| x 1467 | John Spalding | Failed crown nomination. |
| 1487-1526 | James Chisholm | Resigned title but not fruits, and kept a right of return to bishopric. He died in late 1545 or early 1546. |
| 1526-1564 | William Chisholm (I.) | |
| 1564-1569 | William Chisholm (II.) | Coadjutor since 1561. Deposed in 1569. Rehabilitated as bishop between Marrch 18, 1587, and May 27, 1589, when the rehabilitation was annulled. |
| 1573 x 1575-1603 | Andrew Graham | |
| 1603-1615 | George Graham | Translated to Bishoric of Orkney. |
| 1615-1635 | Adam Bellenden | Translated to Bishoric of Aberdeen. |
| 1636-1638 | James Wedderburn | December 13, 1638, episcopacy outlawed in Scotland and all bishops deprived of their sees. This was in effect until the Restoration of 1661. |
| 1661-1671 | Robert Leighton | Became Archbishop of Glasgow in October 1671. |
| 1673-1684 | James Ramsay | Translated to the Bishopric of Ross., April 1684. |
| 1684-1689 | Robert Douglas | Deprived of bishopric when episcopacy was permanently abolished in the Church of Scotland following the so-called Glorious Revolution. |
[edit] References
- Cockburn, James Hutchison, The Medieval Bishops of Dunblane and Their Church, (Edinburgh, 1959)
- 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, 1824)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
