The Bishop of Aberdeen (originally Bishop of Mortlach, in Latin Murthlacum) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen

Diocese of Aberdeen

Diocese of Aberdeen was one of the 13 dioceses of the Scottish church, before the abolition of the episcopacy in 1689.-Early history:...

, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Nechtan

Nechtan of Aberdeen

Nechtan of Aberdeen is the first Bishop of Aberdeen after the seat of the bishopric had been moved to Aberdeen from Mortlach. The only contemporary sources for Bishop Nechtan are charters; he appears as "Nectan escob Abberdeon" in a Gaelic charter recorded in the notitiae on the Book of Deer, a...

. It appears that the episcopal seat had previously been at Mortlach (Mòrthlach), but was moved to Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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 during the reign of King David I of Scotland

David I of Scotland

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. We know the names of three bishops of Mortlach, the latter two of whom, "Donercius" and "Cormauch" (Cormac), are known only by name. The Bishop of Aberdeen broke communion with the Roman Catholic Church

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 after the Scottish Reformation

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. Following the Glorious Revolution

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, the office was abolished. A Roman Catholic diocese was recreated in Aberdeen in 1878.

List of known bishops of Mortlach

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
fl. 1012x	Beóán of Mortlach Beóán of Mortlach Beóán of Mortlach is the first of the three known Bishops of Mortlach. His name, which could also be written in non-Gaelic contexts as Beanus, Beoanus and Beyn, means "lively one"...	One of the three known bishops of Mortlach. Known for other sources.
c. 1000s	"Donercius Donercius Donercius or Donort is the second Bishop of Mortlach according to the list of the Aberdeen Registrum. He is known only by name. Skene says that "Donercius has all the appearance of a fictitious name". Whether the name is fictitious or a corruption cannot be known from the existing evidence... "	One of the three known bishops of Mortlach. Nothing more is known.
c. 1000s	Cormac of Mortlach Cormac of Mortlach Cormac of Mortlach is the third Bishop of Mortlach, Scotland, according to the list of the Aberdeen Registrum. He is known only by name. Skene tried to identify him with Bishop Cormac of Dunkeld, but this argument rests purely on the similarity of an extremely common name...	One of the three known bishops of Mortlach. Nothing more is known.

List of known bishops of Aberdeen

The Bishopric of Aberdeen, as the Bishopric of Aberdeen, appears to date from the 1130s, as does the list of known bishops.

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
fl. 1131x1132	Nechtan of Aberdeen Nechtan of Aberdeen Nechtan of Aberdeen is the first Bishop of Aberdeen after the seat of the bishopric had been moved to Aberdeen from Mortlach. The only contemporary sources for Bishop Nechtan are charters; he appears as "Nectan escob Abberdeon" in a Gaelic charter recorded in the notitiae on the Book of Deer, a...
fl. 1147x1151-1171	Edward of Aberdeen Edward of Aberdeen Edward [Ēadweard, Eadward, Édouard, Étbard] was a 12th century prelate based in Scotland. He occurs in the records for the first time as Bishop of Aberdeen in a document datable to some point between 1147 and 1151. His immediate predecessor, as far as the records are concerned, was Bishop Nechtán...
1172–1199	Matthew
1199–1207	John of Kelso
1207–1228	Adam de Kald Adam de Kald Adam de Kald [de Kalder, Crail] was an early 13th century Bishop of Aberdeen. His name, de Kald or de Caral could refer to, among other places, Calder in Nairnshire or Crail in Fife. Either location may mark his origin place, but this is speculation. It can be noted that there is a river in West...
1228 x 1229	Matthew the Scot Matthew the Scot Matthew the Scot was a 13th century Scottish cleric. Matthew had been the Chancellor of Scotland in the late reign of king Alexander II of Scotland. He was appointed in 1227 after the death of Thomas, Archdeacon of Lothian... (bishop-elect)	Matthew or Mata had been the chancellor of king William I of Scotland William I of Scotland William the Lion , sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214... . He was postulated to the see of Aberdeen, before in turn being postulated to the higher ranking See of Dunkeld Bishop of Dunkeld The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Cormac... . At any rate, he died before consecration. His name indicates that he was a Gael Gaels The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man.... , but we do anything else about his background.
1228–1239	Gilbert de Stirling Gilbert de Stirling Gilbert de Stirling was an early 13th century bishop of Scotland. His background is unclear, perhaps coming from a burghess family of Stirling; he emerges in 1228 as the newly elected Bishop of Aberdeen, succeeding the recently deceased Adam de Kalder, after Matthew the Scot had turned down his own...
1239–1247	Radulf de Lamley Radulf de Lamley Radulf de Lamley [Ralph, Ranulf, Randalph de Lambley] was a 13th century monk and cleric. Radulf's youth is obscure, and it is not until the 1220s that he emerges in the sources as a Tironensian monk, now Abbot of Arbroath...
1247–1256	Peter de Ramsay Peter de Ramsay Peter de Ramsay [Ramsey] was a 13th century cleric based in Scotland. His background and origins are obscure. He was the son of a "cleric in minor orders" and an unmarried girl and, according to John of Fordun, he was of "noble birth"...
1256–1270 x 1272	Richard de Potton Richard de Potton Richard de Potton [de Poiton, de Pottock, de Poito] was a 13th century English bishop. His name was likely derived his name from the town of Potton in Bedfordshire, England....
1272–1281 x 1282	Hugh de Benin Hugh de Benin Hugh de Benin [Benham] was a 13th century bishop. If his name represents Benholm, then he may have come from an English or Anglo-Norman family recently settled in the Mearns Hugh de Benin [Benham] (died 1282) was a 13th century bishop. If his name represents Benholm, then he may have come from an...
1282–1328	Henry le Chen Henry le Chen Henry le Chen [le Cheyn, le Chein, Cheyne, de Chene] was a late 13th-century and early 14th-century Scoto-Norman bishop. Hector Boece claims that he was the nephew of John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, but no contemporary evidence supports this...
1329	Walter Herok Walter Herok Walter Herok [Herot] was a cleric from 13th century and 14th century Scotland. He served as Dean of Moray from 1296 or before until 1329. In that year, after the death of Henry le Chen, he was elected Bishop of Aberdeen. Walter travelled to Avignon to receive consecration from Pope John XXII, but... (elect)	He died at Avignon, perhaps before being consecrated.
1329–1343 x 1344	Alexander de Kininmund (elder)
1344–1350	William de Deyn William de Deyn William de Deyn [de la Deyn] was a 14th century Scottish monk and cleric. Little can be said about Deyn's early life. He had obtained a licentiate in decrees at some point in his youth, and he must have become a Tironensian monk, for by 1329, and perhaps as early as 1327, he was Abbot of Kilwinning...
1350–1354 x 1355	John de Rait John de Rait John de Rait [Raith, Rathe, Rate, Rathet] was a 14th century Scottish cleric. The name "Rait" probably links him to the village of Rait in Gowrie, although the name "Rath" - Gaelic for a type of enclosed settlement - is common to many settlements in Scotland...
1355–1380	Alexander de Kininmund (younger)
el. 1380	Simon de Ketenis	Elected by chapter sometime after 31 August 1380, but was provided instead as Dean of Aberdeen on 18 November.
1380–1389	Adam de Tyninghame Adam de Tyninghame Adam de Tyninghame was a 14th century cleric and, as his name suggests, a probable native of Tyninghame in East Lothian. Adam appears in the records as rector of Falkirk from 1344, and by 1360 he was the secretary of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas. In 1378, he was sent as one of four...
1389–1421	Gilbert de Greenlaw Gilbert de Greenlaw Gilbert de Greenlaw was a medieval Bishop of Aberdeen and Bishop-elect of St. Andrews. He was a Licentiate in the Arts, and had been a canon of Bishopric of Moray by the late 1370s, before being provided by Avignon Pope Clement VII the church of Liston in the Bishopric of St. Andrews in 1379. By...
1422–1440	Henry de Lichton Henry de Lichton Henry de Lichton [de Lychtone, Leighton] was a medieval Scottish prelate and diplomat, who, serving as Bishop of Moray and Bishop of Aberdeen , became a significant patron of the church, a cathedral builder, and a writer...	Previously Bishop of Moray Bishop of Moray The Bishop of Moray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Moray in northern Scotland, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics... .
1441–1458	Ingram Lindsay Ingram Lindsay Ingram Lindsay [Ingeram de Lindesay], Doctor in Canon Law, was a 15th century Scottish cleric. Despite being of illegitimate birth - one of several sons of an unmarried nobleman and an unmarried girl - he nevertheless managed in the end to pursue a successful ecclesiastical career.Pope Martin V...
1458–1480	Thomas Spens	Previously Bishop of Galloway Bishop of Galloway The Bishop of Galloway, also called the Bishop of Whithorn, was the eccesiastical head of the Diocese of Galloway, said to have been founded by Saint Ninian in the mid-5th century. The subsequent Anglo-Saxon bishopric was founded in the late 7th century or early 8th century, and the first known... .
1480–1483	Robert Blackadder Robert Blackadder Robert Blackadder was a medieval Scottish cleric, diplomat and politician, who was abbot of Melrose, bishop-elect of Aberdeen and bishop of Glasgow; when the last was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 1492, he became the first ever archbishop of Glasgow... (bishop-elect)	He became Bishop of Glasgow.
1483–1514	William Elphinstone William Elphinstone William Elphinstone was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen.He was born in Glasgow, and educated at the University of Glasgow, taking the degree of M.A. in 1452. After practising for a short time as a lawyer in the church courts, he was ordained a...	Previously 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... . He is one of the greatest of all medieval Scottish bishops, and is remembered today for, among other things, founding the University of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world... .
1514 x 1515–1518	Alexander Gordon
x 1515–1516	Robert Forman Robert Forman Robert Forman was a late medieval Scottish churchman. He the son of one Janet Blackadder and her husband, a Berwickshire landowner named Nicholas Forman of Hatton. Sometime before 11 February 1500, he was made Precentor of Glasgow. He was Dean of Glasgow from 1505, a position he would hold until...	Provided by Pope, but resigned without ever possessing.
1518–1532	Gavin Dunbar
coadjutor: 1529–1531	George Learmond George Learmond George Learmond was a Scottish Benedictine who was Prior of Pluscarden and almost Bishop of Aberdeen. He was probably born around 1478, graduated Master of Arts from the University of St Andrews in 1498 and maintained links with the university while holding benefices in St Andrews and Fordoun in... (coajutor bishop only)	George Learmond had been appointed Dunbar's successor in 1529, but he died before Dunbar did.
1532–1545	William Stewart
1545–1577	William Gordon William Gordon (bishop) William Gordon was a 16th century Scottish noble and prelate, the last of the pre-Reformation bishops of Aberdeen owing allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church....	Because of the Scottish Reformation Scottish Reformation The Scottish Reformation was Scotland's formal break with the Papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation; and in Scotland's case culminated ecclesiastically in the re-establishment of the church along Reformed lines, and politically in...  of 1560, he was the last bishop owing allegiance to Rome.
1577–1600	David Cunningham David Cunningham (bishop) David Cunningham was a 16th century Scottish prelate and diplomat. He was the first Bishop of Aberdeen fully independent of the Roman Catholic Church. His predecessor, William Gordon began as a Roman Catholic bishop, but accepted the Church of Scotland's authority.Born around 1540, he graduated in...
1600–1616	Peter Blackburn Peter Blackburn Peter Blackburn was a Scottish scholar and prelate. Born in Glasgow, he became a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.On 2 September 1600, King James VI of Scotland provided him as Bishop of Aberdeen, attaching to the appointment a seat in the Parliament of Scotland - an innovation...
1616–1617	Alexander Forbes	Translated from Bishopric of Caithness Bishop of Caithness The Bishop of Caithness was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Caithness, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The first referenced bishop of Caithness was Aindréas, a Gael who appears in sources between 1146 and 1151 as bishop. Aindréas spent much if not all of his career outside his... .
1618–1635	Patrick Forbes Patrick Forbes Patrick Forbes was a late 16th century and early 17th century Scottish churchman. Born in 1564, he was the oldest son of Elizabeth Strachan and her husband William Forbes, Laird of Corse. He attended the High School of Stirling, the University of Glasgow and then the University of St Andrews...
1635–1638	Adam Bellenden Adam Bellenden Adam Bellenden was a 17th century Scottish churchman.He was the son of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoul, Lord Justice Clerk, by his spouse Jane, daughter of Walter Seton of Touch....	Translated from the bishopric of Dunblane Bishop of Dunblane 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... ; died in 1648. Bishops were abolished in Scotland from 1638 to 1662.
1662	David Mitchel David Mitchel David Mitchel was a 17th century Scottish churchman. Born in the Mearns , he became a minister in the city of Edinburgh. He held the position until he was deposed by the church Assembly in 1638, after which he moved to England. While there he obtained a benefice, and in 1661, after the Restoration,...
1663–1664	Alexander Burnet Alexander Burnet Alexander Burnet was a 17th century Scottish prelate. Born in the summer of 1615 to James Burnet and Christian née Dundas, he gained an MA from the University of Edinburgh in 1633. He chose to follow the career of his father, who had been minister of Lauder, by becoming a churchman himself...	Translated to the archbishopric of Glasgow Archbishop of Glasgow The Bishop of Glasgow, from 1492 Archbishop of Glasgow, was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then, as Archbishop of Glasgow, the Archdiocese of Glasgow... .
1664–1682	Patrick Scougal Patrick Scougal Patrick Scougal was a 17th century Scottish churchman. A native of Haddingtonshire , and cousin of the painter John Scougal, in 1624 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh as Master of Arts. In 1636, he became a minister of Dairsie parish, Fife, moving on to Leuchars in 1645 and then to...
1682–1689	George Haliburton	Episcopacy abolished in 1689.

List of Bishops of Aberdeen of the Scottish Episcopal Church

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Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
24 August 1721 to 1724	Archibald Campbell Archibald Campbell (bishop) Archibald Campbell was a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church who served as Bishop of Aberdeen. He was the son of Lord Neill Campbell by his wife Lady Vere Ker; his grandfathers were Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, and William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian.He was a student of the...	resigned
1724 to 1733	James Gadderar James Gadderar James Gadderar was a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Previously a minister at Kilmaurs, he was consecrated a Bishop on 24 February 1712 by Bishop George Hickes, though without a diocese. In November 1721 he traveled to Aberdeen and acted as Bishop Archibald Campbell's vicar-depute...
1733 to 1746	William Dunbar	translated from Moray
17 July 1747 to 1767	Andrew Gerard
21 September 1768 to 1786	Robert Kilgour Robert Kilgour Robert Kilgour was the 39th bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1778 to 1788. He was baptised 15 March 1714 in Cruden and later became one of the three bishops to consecrate Samuel Seabury, an American Episcopal priest as a bishop in 1784. He was succeeded by...	also Primus Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church The Primus, styled The Most Reverend the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The current Primus is the Most Revd David Chillingworth who became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church on 13 June 2009...  (1778–1788); resigned
1786 to 1816	John Skinner John Skinner (bishop) John Skinner was the son of John Skinner and a bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the late 18th century. Made coadjutor of Aberdeen on 25 September 1782, Skinner was one of the three bishops to consecrate Samuel Seabury, an American Episcopal priest...	also Primus (1788–1816)
27 October 1816 to 1857	William Skinner	also Primus (1841–1857); son of the preceding
1857 to 1864	Thomas Suther	became Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney

List of the modern Bishops of Aberdeen and its precursor offices

The modern Bishop of Aberdeen is the Ordinary

Ordinary

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 of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen

Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.-Foundation:The see was founded in 1063 at Mortlach by Blessed Beyn. The earliest mention of the old See of Aberdeen is in the charter of the foundation, by the Earl of Buchan, of the...

 in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. The diocese covers 29,068 km². The see

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 is in the City of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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 where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption

St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen

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. The Vicariate Apostolic of the Northern District (formerly the Vicariate Apostolic of the Highland District) was elevated to diocese status on 4 March 1878. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Peter Antony Moran

Peter Antony Moran

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, the 10th Bishop of Aberdeen.

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Vicariate Apostolic of the Highland District
16 September 1727 to 19 September 1727	Father Alexander John Grant Alexander John Grant Alexander John Grant was a Roman Catholic clergyman who briefly served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.Educated at the Scots College in Rome, he was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Sura by the Holy See on 16 September 1727... , Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District	Died in office
12 February 1731 to 12 March 1773	Bishop Hugh MacDonald, Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District	Priest; died in office
12 March 1773 to 9 May 1779	Bishop John MacDonald John MacDonald (vicar apostolic) John MacDonald was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District of Scotland.Born in Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire in 1727, he was ordained a priest on 1 April 1752. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of... , Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Highland District; died in office
30 September 1779 to 9 September 1791	Bishop Alexander MacDonald Alexander MacDonald (vicar apostolic) Alexander MacDonald was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.Born in Bornish, South Uist in 1736, he was ordained a priest on 10 August 1764. He was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District and Titular Bishop of Polemonium by... , Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District	Priest; died in office
8 November 1791 to 8 July 1814	Bishop John Chisholm, Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District	Priest; died in office
8 July 1814 to 31 July 1818	Bishop Aeneas Chisholm Aeneas Chisholm (vicar apostolic) Aeneas Chisholm was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District, Scotland.Born in Strathglass, Inverness in 1759, he was ordained a priest in 1783. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Highland District and Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in... , Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Highland District; died in office
27 August 1819 to 13 February 1827	Bishop Ranald MacDonald Ranald MacDonald (bishop) Ranald MacDonald was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District from 1819 to 1827, then the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District from 1827 to 1832.... , Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District	Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Western District
Vicariate Apostolic of the Northern District
13 February 1827 to 23 February 1869	Bishop James Kyle James Kyle (bishop) James Francis Kyle was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the first Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of Scotland.Born in Edinburgh on 22 September 1788, he was ordained a priest on 21 March 1812... , Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District	Priest; died in office
23 February 1869 to 15 March 1878	Bishop John MacDonald John MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen) John MacDonald was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen from 1878 to 1889.-Early life:Born in Strathglass, Inverness on 2 July 1818, he was the son William MacDonald and Harriet MacDonald... , Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District; Becoming Bishop of Aberdeen
Diocese of Aberdeen
15 March 1878 to 4 February 1889	John MacDonald John MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen) John MacDonald was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen from 1878 to 1889.-Early life:Born in Strathglass, Inverness on 2 July 1818, he was the son William MacDonald and Harriet MacDonald...	Hitherto Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District; died in office
16 July 1889 to 26 September 1889	Colin Grant Colin Grant (bishop) Colin Grant was a Scottish clergyman who briefly served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen in 1889.Born in Glen Gairn on 3 February 1832, he was ordained a priest on 22 December 1855. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen by the Holy See on 16 July 1889, and consecrated to...	Priest; ordained 13 August 1889; died in office
14 August 1890 to 29 May 1898	Hugh MacDonald, CSSR	Priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer is a Roman Catholic missionary Congregation founded by Saint Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, near Amalfi, Italy for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people in the neighbourhood of Naples.Members of the Congregation, priests and brothers,... ; ordained 23 October 1890; died in office
7 January 1899 to 13 January 1918	Aeneas Chisholm	Priest; ordained 24 February 1899; died in office
18 June 1918 to 25 December 1946	George Bennett	Priest; ordained 1 August 1918; died in office
2 August 1947 to 5 July 1950	John Matheson	Priest; ordained 24 September 1947; died in office
20 June 1951 to 22 July 1963	Francis Walsh MAfr	Priest of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) White Fathers The missionary society known as "White Fathers" , after their dress, is a Roman Catholic Society of Apostolic Life founded in 1868 by the first Archbishop of Algiers, later Cardinal Lavigerie, as the Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa of Algeria, and is also now known as the Society of the...  ; ordained 12 September 1951; resigned
8 December 1964 to 28 May 1976	Michael Foylan Michael Foylan Michael Foylan was a Scottish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen from 1964 to 1976.Born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire on 29 June 1907, he was ordained a priest on 5 July 1931. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Aberdeen by the Holy See on 8 December...	Priest; ordained 25 March 1965; died in office
28 February 1977 to 15 January 2002	Mario Conti	Priest of Aberdeen; ordained 3 May 1977; appointed Archbishop of Glasgow Archbishop of Glasgow The Bishop of Glasgow, from 1492 Archbishop of Glasgow, was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then, as Archbishop of Glasgow, the Archdiocese of Glasgow...
13 October 2003 to 4 June 2011	Peter Moran	Priest of Aberdeen; ordained 1 December 2003; Resigned 4 June 2011
4 June 2011 to present	Hugh Gilbert Hugh Gilbert (bishop) The Right Reverend Hugh Edward Gilbert, OSB is the Bishop of Aberdeen. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 4 June 2011. He had previously served as abbot of Pluscarden Abbey. He was ordained bishop by Cardinal Keith O'Brien on 15 August 2011.Edward Gilbert was born in 1952 in Emsworth to an...  OSB	Abbot of Pluscarden Pluscarden Abbey Pluscarden Abbey is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery located in the glen of the Black Burn about 10 kilometres south-west of Elgin, in Moray, Scotland...  (1992-2011); appointed 4 June 2011; ordained 15 August 2011

Titular see of Murthlacum

The Roman Catholic Church

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 maintains a titular see

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of Murthlacum, the Latin name of Mortlach.

External links

• Dauvit Broun's list of 12th century Scottish Bishops