The Archdeacon of Ross was the only
archdeacon
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in the medieval
Diocese of Ross, acting as a deputy of the
Bishop of Ross. The following is a list of archdeacons:
List of archdeacons of Ross
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Robert
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, x 1223-1249 x 1250
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Robert de Fyvie
Robert de Fyvie lso de Fyvin(d. 1292 × 1295) was a prelate based in the Kingdom of Scotland in the last quarter of the 13th century. Perhaps coming from Fyvie in Formartine, from a family of Teesdale origin, Robert was Archdeacon of Ross and ...
, x 1269-1275
[Became Bishop of Ross.]
* John de Musselburgh, fl. 1279
* ?
*
Alexander Stewart, x 1343-1350
* Thomas de Urquhart, x 1358-1365 x 1376
* Alexander Man, x 1376-1381
[Became ]Bishop of Caithness
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.
*
Alexander de Waghorn, 1381 x 1398-1398
* David Seton, x 1399-1418 x 1422
* John de Inchmartin, 1409-1421 x 1422
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Andrew Munro, 1422-1451 x 1454
* Alexander Seton, fl. 1424 x 1430
* William Ross, 1451 x 1454-1455
* Richard Forbes, 1455-1460
* Patrick Vaus, 1460-1466
* Alexander Stewart, fl. 1472
* Gilbert MacDowell, x 1480
* Donald MacCulloch, fl. 1480
* David Lichton, 1483-1484
* Richard Muirhead, 1484-1488 x 1492
* John Scherar, fl. 1492-1506
* Robert Elphinstone, fl. 1510
* Mungo (Kentigern) Monypenny, fl. 1537-1545
* Donald Fraser, 1545 x 1546-1572 x 1573
* Robert Graham, 1573-1598 x 1602
* George Graham, 1602
* John MacKenzie, 1602-1636 x 1642
Notes
Bibliography
* Watt, D.E.R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 285–7
See also
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Bishop of Ross (Scotland)
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Places Antarctica
* Ross Sea
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Ross and Cromarty