Archdeacon of Ross
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The Archdeacon of Ross was the only archdeacon
in the medieval Diocese of Ross
, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Ross
. The following is a list of archdeacons:
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
in the medieval Diocese of Ross
Diocese of Ross
The Diocese of Ross was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Scotland in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Ross, and was based at Fortrose. The diocese had only one Archdeacon, the Archdeacon of Ross, first attested in 1223 with the appearance of...
, acting as a deputy of the 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...
. The following is a list of archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Ross
- Robert, x 1223-1249 x 1250
- Robert de FyvieRobert de FyvieRobert de Fyvie [also de Fyvin] was a prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland in the last quarter of the 13th century. Perhaps coming from Fyvie in Formartine, from a family of Teesdale origin, Robert was Archdeacon of Ross and a student at the University of Bologna by 1269...
, x 1269-1275 - John de Musselburgh, fl. 1279
- ?
- Alexander StewartAlexander Stewart (d. 1371)Alexander Stewart was a 14th century Scottish bishop. Probably from Menteith, he appears in the sources from the first half of 1340s, possessing a university degree and holding the position of Archdeacon of Ross...
, x 1343-1350 - Thomas de Urquhart, x 1358-1365 x 1376
- Alexander Man, x 1376-1381
- Alexander de WaghornAlexander de WaghornAlexander de Waghorn , Bishop of Ross, bears a surname that may suggest an origin in the Glasgow area of southern Scotland, though there are other possibilities....
, 1381 x 1398-1398 - David Seton, x 1399-1418 x 1422
- John de Inchmartin, 1409-1421 x 1422
- Andrew MunroAndrew MunroAndrew Munro [de Munro, de Munroy], or Aindréas Mac an Rothaich as his Gaelic kindred name, was a Scottish churchman active in the 15th century, undoubtedly given his surname a native of Ross of Clan Munro....
, 1422-1451 x 1454- Alexander Seton, fl. 1424 x 1430
- William Ross, 1451 x 1454-1455
- Richard Forbes, 1455-1460
- Patrick Vaus, 1460-1466
- Alexander Stewart, fl. 1472
- Gilbert MacDowell, x 1480
- Donald MacCulloch, fl. 1480
- David Lichton, 1483-1484
- Richard Muirhead, 1484-1488 x 1492
- John Scherar, fl. 1492-1506
- Robert Elphinstone, fl. 1510
- Mungo (Kentigern) Monypenny, fl. 1537-1545
- Donald Fraser, 1545 x 1546-1572 x 1573
- Robert Graham, 1573-1598 x 1602
- George Graham, 1602
- John MacKenzie, 1602-1636 x 1642