The Archdeaconry of St Andrews was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries

Archdeacon

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 within the diocese

Diocese

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. The St Andrews

St Andrews

St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife....

 archdeaconry was headed by the Archdeacon of St Andrews

Archdeacon of St Andrews

The Archdeacon of St Andrews was the head of the Archdeaconry of St Andrews, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews, from the twelfth to the seventeenth century...

, a subordinate of the Bishop of St Andrews. In the medieval period, the Archdeaconry of St Andrews contained five deaneries with a total of 124 parish churches

Parish church

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. The deaneries were Mearns

Mearns

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 (14 churches), Angus

Angus

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 (38 churches), Gowrie

Gowrie

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 (20 churches), Fife

Fife

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 (28 churches) and Fothriff

Fothriff

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 (24 churches).

See also

• Archdeaconry of Lothian
  Archdeaconry of Lothian
  The Archdeaconry of Lothian, located in modern-day Scotland, was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries within the diocese. The Lothian archdeaconry was headed by the Archdeacon of Lothian, a subordinate of the Bishop of St Andrews. In the medieval period, the...
  
   (other St Andrews archdeaconry)
• Archdeacon of St Andrews
  Archdeacon of St Andrews
  The Archdeacon of St Andrews was the head of the Archdeaconry of St Andrews, a sub-division of the Diocese of St Andrews, from the twelfth to the seventeenth century...
  
  , for a list of archdeacons
• Bishop of St Andrews