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 |
|---|---|---|
| bp. 1200 | Harald | |
| post. 1238x1239 | William | |
| el. x1250; cons. x1253 | Alan | |
| el. x1264 | Laurence | |
| el./prov./cons. x1300 | Andrew | |
| el. 1342 | Aonghas of Argyll | 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. |
| el. 1342; prov./cons. 1344 | Martin | |
| prov. 1387 | Iain MacDhùghaill | Appears only in continental records; he was scholar of the Pope. |
| prov. 1397 | Beoan | |
| prov. 1420 | Fionnlagh of Alba | |
| prov. 1427; cons. 1428 | George Lauder | |
| prov. 1475 | Robert Colquhoun | |
| prov. 1497 | David Hamilton | |
| prov. 1525 | Robert Montgomery | |
| prov. 1539 | William Cunningham | Youngest son of William, 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. |
| prov. 1553 | James Hamilton | He became a protestant, and died as Bishop of Argyll and "subdean" of Glasgow in January, 1580. |
| prov. 1580 | Niall Caimbeul | |
| prov. 1608 | Iain Caimbeul | |
| prov. 1613 | Andrew Boyd | |
| prov./cons. 1637 | James Fairlie |
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
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
