The Archdeacon of Dunblane was the only

archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denomina ...

in the

Diocese of Dunblane The Diocese of Dunblane or Diocese of Strathearn was one of the thirteen historical dioceses of Scotland, before the abolition of episcopacy in the Scottish Church in 1689. Roughly, it embraced the territories covered by the old earldoms of St ...

, acting as a deputy of the

Bishop of Dunblane The Bishop of Dunblane or Bishop of Strathearn was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunblane or Strathearn, one of medieval Scotland's thirteen bishoprics. It was based at Dunblane Cathedral, now a parish church of the Church of Scotlan ...

. The first archdeacon, Andrew (Aindréas), was called "Archdeacon of Modhel" (Muthill); archdeacons Jonathan, Gilbert and Luke were styled "Archdeacon of Dunblane", while John and Duncan were called "Archdeacon of Strathearn". It is only from Augustine of Nottingham that the title settles at "of Dunblane". The following is a list of archdeacons:

List of archdeacons

* Andrew, fl. 1165 x 1171 * Jonathan, fl. 1178 x 1197-x 1198 * John, x 1199-1203 x 1210 * Gilbert (Gille Brighde), x 1210-1235 * Luke de Muthill, 1239-1240 * Duncan (Donnchadh), fl. 1240 x 1255 * Augustine of Nottingham, fl. 1268-1283 * Walter of Montrose, 1287-1296 * William of Yetholm, fl. 1309 x 1313-1320 x 1321 * Thomas, fl. 1322 x 1328 * Walter de Coventry, fl. 1345 * Nicholas de Kinbuck, fl. 1358-1360 * Andrew Magnus, x 1365-1372Became Bishop of Dunblane. * David Bell, 1375-1377 * Maurice of Strathearn, 1377-1398 *

Fionnlagh MacCailein Fionnlagh MacCailein or Finlay ''Colini'' (died 1419) 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 ...

, 1400 x 1402-1403 * Thomas Graham, 1410 x 1411-1414 x 1419 * Walter Stewart, x 1433-1456 x * Andrew Purves, x 1474-1479 x 1480 ** Alexander Rate x 1474-1479 x 1480 ** William Scheves, 1474Became Archdeacon of St Andrews and then

Archbishop of St Andrews The Bishop of St. Andrews (, ) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of St Andrews in the Catholic Church and then, from 14 August 1472, as Archbishop of St Andrews (), the Archdiocese of St Andrews. The name St Andrews is not the town ...

. * Duncan Bulle, 1480-1490 * Henry Allan, 1492-1504 * John Doby, 1506-1513 * Patrick Blackadder, d. 1519 * George Newton, 1521-1531 x 1533 * John Chisholm, 1531-1542 * John Danielston, 1542-1545 * William Gordon, 1545 * John Thornton, 1545 * George Wawane, x 1550-1558 x 1564 * James Chisholm, 1566-1595 * Patrick Stirling, 1606-1607 * Alexander Gaw, 1610-1615 * John Fife, 1616-1633 * William Bannatyne, 1635

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Bibliography

* Watt, D.E.R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 88–91

List of archdeacons

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