Archbishop of St Andrews

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This page refers to medieval Archbishops of St Andrews. See also Archbishop of St Andrews (disambiguation).

[edit] List of pre-Reformation archbishops

The bishopric of St. Andrews was elevated into an Archbishopric in 1472 by Pope Sixtus IV.

Dates	Incumbent	Notes
trans. (as Bishop) 1465	Patrick Graham	Deposed for corruption and insanity in 1478.
coadj. 1476; abp. 1478; cons. 1478x1479	William Scheves
prov. 1497	James Stewart
prov. 1504	Alexander Stewart
el. 1513	John Hepburn	Was not accepted by the Pope.
prov. 1513	Innocenzo Cibo	He was the nephew of Pope Leo X, and provided by the Pope instead of John Hepburn. Owing to lack of support in Scotland, the Pope dropped his provision.
trans. 1514	Andrew Forman
trans. 1522	James Beaton
prov. as coadj. 1537; cons. 1538	David Beaton
prov. 1547; trans. 1549	John Hamilton
coadj. 1551; suc. 1571	Gavin Hamilton

[edit] List of post-reformation archbishops

Dates	Incumbent	Notes
prov. 1571	John Douglas
conf. 1576	Patrick Adamson
Trans. 1604	George Gledstanes	Previously Bishop of Caithness.
Trans. 1615	John Spottiswood	Previously Archbishop of Glasgow.
abp. 1661-79	James Sharp
abp. 1679-84	Alexander Burnet
1684-1704	Arthur Rose

[edit] See also

Prelates of Medieval Scotland (post-1100)
Archbishops	Glasgow (1492) \| St Andrews (1472)
Bishops	Aberdeen \| Argyll \| Brechin \| Caithness \| Dunblane \| Dunkeld \| Galloway \| Glasgow \| Isles (Sodor) \| Moray \| Orkney \| Ross \| St Andrews
Archdeacons	Aberdeen \| Argyll \| Brechin \| Caithness \| Dunblane \| Dunkeld \| Galloway \| Glasgow \| Isles (Sodor) \| Lothian \| Moray \| Orkney \| Ross \| St Andrews \| Shetland \| Teviotdale
Abbots	Arbroath \| Balmerino \| Cambuskenneth \| Coupar Angus \| Crossraguel \| Culross \| Deer \| Dercongal (Holywood) \| Dryburgh \| Dundrennan \| Dunfermline \| Fearn \| Glenluce \| Holyrood \| Inchaffray \| Inchcolm \| Iona \| Jedburgh \| Kelso (Selkirk) \| Kilwinning \| Kinloss \| Lindores \| Melrose \| Newbattle \| Paisley \| Saddell \| Scone \| Soulseat \| Sweatheart \| Tongland
Priors	Ardchattan \| Beauly \| Blantyre \| Canonbie \| Coldingham \| Fogo \| Fyvie \| Inchmahome \| Lesmahagow \| May (Pittenweem) \| Monymusk \| Oronsay \| Pluscarden \| Restenneth \| St Andrews \| Strathfillan \| St Mary's Isle \| St Serf's Inch, Loch Leven \| Urquhart \| Whithorn