Alexander Hepburn
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Alexander Hepburn was a 16th century Scottish
cleric. He was elected as bishop of Ross
on 14 May 1574, following the Church of Scotland
's attempted forfeiture of the catholic bishop John Lesley
.
Hepburn obtained a royal confirmation with mandate for consecration on 20 March 1575, being admitted to the temporalities
of the bishopric on 3 November; in the same year, on 22 April, the exiled Lesley had his provision renewed by the papacy. Hepburn died some time between 17 September and 31 October 1578.
No new bishop of Ross was appointed until 1600, though Lesley was temporarily recognised by the secessionist Scottish church in the period between 13 March 1587, and 29 May 1589, while the famous Lesley had retained international recognition for his episcopate all the way from his accession in 1566 until his translation bishopric of Coutances in 1592.
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
cleric. He was elected as bishop of Ross
Bishop of Ross
The Bishop of Ross was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Ross, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The first recorded bishop appears in the late 7th century as a witness to Adomnán of Iona's Cáin Adomnáin. The bishopric was based at the settlement of Rosemarkie until the mid-13th...
on 14 May 1574, following the Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
's attempted forfeiture of the catholic bishop John Lesley
John Lesley
John Lesley was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch.-Early career:...
.
Hepburn obtained a royal confirmation with mandate for consecration on 20 March 1575, being admitted to the temporalities
Temporalities
Temporalities are the secular properties and possessions of the Christian Church. It is most often used to describe those properties that were used to support a bishop or other religious person or establishment. Its opposite description would be the spiritualities.In the Middle Ages, the...
of the bishopric on 3 November; in the same year, on 22 April, the exiled Lesley had his provision renewed by the papacy. Hepburn died some time between 17 September and 31 October 1578.
No new bishop of Ross was appointed until 1600, though Lesley was temporarily recognised by the secessionist Scottish church in the period between 13 March 1587, and 29 May 1589, while the famous Lesley had retained international recognition for his episcopate all the way from his accession in 1566 until his translation bishopric of Coutances in 1592.