Alexander Young (bishop)
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Alexander Young (died 1684) was a Scottish
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.


Life

Young was born in
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, in the year 1629. He became a minister in the Scottish Church, but his training is unclear. At this time King Charles was imposing bishops upon the Scottish Church, which the majority opposed. These were troubled times in the Scottish Church which eventually resulted in the
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effectively splitting the church. In 1664 he was translated as minister of
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to minister of
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. In 1666 he moved to the Archdeaconry of
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.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott In the winter of 1671, he became
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, a position he held until his translation to be Bishop of Ross in 1679. This had been arranged by the Duchess of Lauderdale in order to allow John Paterson,
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(not John Paterson, Young's predecessor at Ross) to hold the
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. Young suffered from an ailment and in 1684 travelled to
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to have an operation. He failed to survive the operation and died several weeks afterwards.


References

* Keith, Robert, ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688'', (London, 1824) {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Alexander Year of birth unknown 1684 deaths Bishops of Edinburgh (pre-1689) Bishops of Ross (Scotland) Scottish Restoration bishops Clergy from Aberdeen Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1669–1674 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1678 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1681–1682
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