Archdeacon of Caithness
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The Archdeacon of Caithness was the only archdeacon
in the Diocese of Caithness, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Caithness
. The following is a list of known historical 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 Diocese of Caithness, acting as a deputy of the Bishop 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...
. The following is a list of known historical archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Caithness
- John, fl. 1296
- Fercard Belegaumbe, fl. 1297-1304 x
- Andrew de Hirdmaniston, fl. 1328-1329
- John Todd, fl. 1329
- William de Forres, fl. 1355
- John de Lancford, 1358
- John de Moray, fl. 1365
- William Forrester, fl. 1382
- John de InnesJohn de InnesJohn de Innes was medieval Scottish churchman. Born probably in Moray, he went to France in his youth, receiving a bachelorate in civil law from the University of Paris by 1396 and in canon law by 1407. His education was partly paid for by the prebend of Duffus and a grant from Alexander Bur,...
, fl. 1396-1398 - Alexander VausAlexander VausAlexander Vaus [Vause, de Vaus] was a late 14th century and 15th century Scottish prelate. Said to have been the younger son of one Patrick Vaus , he apparently held "church livings" in Galloway as early as 1421....
, 1398-x 1407 - Alexander Barber, 1407-1419 x 1421
- Thomas de Greenlaw, 1414-1419 x 1428
- Nicholas Tunnok, 1421-1422
- Thomas Duncan, 1426
- Thomas TullochThomas Tulloch (Bishop of Ross)Thomas Tulloch [de Tulloch] was a prelate active in the Kingdom of Scotland in the 15th century. A letter of Pope Martin V in 1429 claimed that he was "of a great noble race by both parents"...
, 1428-1437 - James Bruce, 1437
- Laurence Piot, 1437-1440
- Alexander Rattray, 1438-1440 x 1443
- Alexander Lichton, 1440
- David Reid, 1440
- David Stewart, 1440
- James Innes, 1440-1442
- Richard Dor, 1441
- William Sutherland, 1443-1443 x 1445
- Richard Holland, 1443 x 1445-1448
- Alexander Sutherland, 1445-1477
- Hector Tulloch, 1445
- James Forrester, 1497-1498
- George Stewart, fl. 1512
- John Dingwall, 1516-1532 x 1533
- James Brady, 1525-1556
- William Gordon, 1529
- John Sinclair, 1550 x 1551-1574 x 1578
- Robert Innes, 1577-1581
- Zachary Pont, 1608
- Richard Merchiston, 1619-1626 x 1633