The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll

Diocese of Argyll

The Diocese of Argyll was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Argyll, and was based at Lismore....

, one of Scotland

Scotland

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's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric 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...

 was formed into the new diocese. The bishops were based at Lismore

Lismore, Scotland

Lismore is a partially Gaelic speaking island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. This fertile, low-lying island was once a major centre of Celtic Christianity, with a monastery founded by Saint Moluag and the seat of the Bishop of Argyll.-Geography:...

. The Bishopric of Argyll, like other Scottish bishoprics, passed into the keeping of the Scottish Episcopal Church

Scottish Episcopal Church

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 after 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...

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List of Bishops of Argyll

Bishops of Argyll
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes.
		Harald
	1241	William	Previously Chancellor of Moray.
	1262	Alan
1264	1299	Laurence de Ergadia Laurence de Ergadia Laurence de Ergadia was a thirteenth century Scottish bishop. Probably from the MacDougall kindred of Argyll, Laurence had become a Dominican friar and presumably university graduate before being elected Bishop of Argyll, an election which took place sometime between 1262 and 1264...
1301		Andrew	Exiled with John, Lord of Argyll following the Battle of Brander in 1308.
el. 1342	?	Aonghas de Ergadia	Bishop-elect. Both he and a Dominican Dominican Order The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...  called Martin appeared before Pope Clement VI Pope Clement VI Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death in December of 1352... , as the succession to the see was disputed. The Pope handed the matter over to be examined by Bertrand du Pouget Bertrand du Pouget Bertrand du Pouget was a French papal diplomat and Cardinal.He may have been a nephew of Pope John XXII. As cardinal he was closely involved in dealing with the practical consequences of the migration of the papacy to Avignon, and also in striving to uphold papal prestige in Italy, for example by... , Bishop of Ostia Bishop of Ostia The Bishop of Ostia is the head of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia, one of the seven suburbicarian sees of Rome. The position is now attached to the post of Dean of the College of Cardinals, as it has been since 1150, with the actual governance of the diocese entrusted to the Vicar General of... , but Aonghas died before the matter was solved.
1342	1362	Martin de Ergadia
1387	1390	Iain MacDhùghaill	Appears only in continental records; he was scholar of the Pope.
1397	1411	Beoan MacGilleandrais
?	1420	John Balsham	Resigned 1420 and retired to Ipswich Carmelite House Ipswich Whitefriars Ipswich Whitefriars is the name usually given to the Carmelite Priory, a Catholic religious house, which formerly stood near the centre of the medieval town of Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, UK... , where he died in 1425.
1420	1426	Fionnlagh MacCailein Fionnlagh MacCailein Fionnlagh MacCailein or Finlay Colini was a medieval Scottish bishop. Both his early life and the details of his career as Bishop of Dunblane are not well known, however it is known that he held the latter bishopric between 1403 and his death in 1419...
1427	1461	George Lauder George Lauder George Lauder was a fifteenth century Scottish prelate and Bishop of Argyll .-Background:Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie and Keith state that he was "of the Balcomy family"...
1475		Robert Colquhoun
1497		David Hamilton David Hamilton (bishop) David Hamilton, Bishop of Argyll and Abbot of Dryburgh was a late medieval Scottish prelate. He was an illegitimate son of James Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, and brother of the James Hamilton, Earl of Arran....
1525		Robert Montgomery
1539	1553	William Cunningham	Youngest son of Lord Glencairn; provided to the see by Pope Paul III Pope Paul III Pope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation... ; resigned the diocese into the hands of the Pope in 1553, and became Dean of Brechin Diocese of Brechin The pre-Reformation Diocese of Brechin or Diocese of Angus was one of the thirteen historical dioceses of Scotland. The diocese was believed to have been founded by Bishop Samson in 1153, and based at the cathedral in Brechin, Angus... .
1553	1580	James Hamilton James Hamilton (bishop of Argyll) James Hamilton was a Scottish churchman who served as Bishop of Argyll and Sub-Dean of Glasgow.He was the illegitimate son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran. His natural brothers were James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews.His first ecclesiastical...	Became a protestant Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation.... ; also "subdean" of Glasgow from January 1580; died in office.
1580	1608	Niall Caimbeul
1608	1613	Iain Caimbeul
1613	1636	Andrew Boyd
1637	1638	James Fairlie	As with other Scottish bishops, he was deprived by parliament in December 1638; episcopacy was restored after the Restoration.
1662	1665	David Fletcher
1665		John Young	Appointed but not consecrated; died in June 1665.
1666	1675	William Scrogie
	1679	Arthur Rose Arthur Rose Arthur Rose was a seventeenth century Scottish priest, Archbishop of St Andrews, and Episcopal Primate of Scotland.-Life:The younger son of Elizabeth Wood and her husband, John Rose, minister of Birse, he was born in 1634...	Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...  to 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... , to 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... , then to St Andrews Archbishop of St Andrews The Bishop of St. Andrews was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of St Andrews and then, as Archbishop of St Andrews , the Archdiocese of St Andrews.The name St Andrews is not the town or church's original name... .
1679	1680	Colin Falconer Colin Falconer (bishop) Colin Falconer was a 17th century Scottish minister and bishop. Born in 1623, he was the son of Beatrix Falconer née Dunbar and her husband William Falconer of Dunduff. He graduated in the liberal arts at St Leonard's College, University of St Andrews, and moved on to become a clergyman...	Translated to 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... .
1680	1687	Hector MacLean
1688		Alexander Monro	Nominated by James VII & II James II of England James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland... , but not consecrated

In 1689, Episcopacy was permanently abolished in the Scottish Church

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

. The line of bishops continued within the Scottish Episcopal Church

Scottish Episcopal Church

The Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian church in Scotland, consisting of seven dioceses. Since the 17th century, it has had an identity distinct from the presbyterian Church of Scotland....

, where the title was often combined with others. In 1847, Alexander Ewing became the first to bear the title Bishop of Argyll and the Isles

Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Episcopalian)

The Bishop of Argyll and The Isles is the Ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Argyll and the Isles.The Episcopal see was created by the union of the ancient bishoprics of Argyll and The Isles in 1847...

, and, in 1878, Angus MacDonald became the first Roman Catholic bishop to bear that same title

Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Catholic)

The Bishop of Argyll and The Isles is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland....

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