David Low (November 1768 – 26 January 1855) was an

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clergyman who served in the

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as the Bishop of Ross (1819–1850),

Bishop of Argyll The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld was formed into ...

(1819–1846) and

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. If the foundation charter of the monastery at Scone is reliable, then the Bishopric of Mor ...

(1838–1850). Born in

Brechin Brechin (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin was described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Scottish Reformation, Reformation Roman Catholic diocese (which contin ...

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in November 1768, he was educated at

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., ''The Bishops of Scotland'', p. 425. He was

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and

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in 1789 by

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. Low,

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of St John's Episcopal Church,

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, was unanimously elected Bishop of Ross and of Argyll by the clergy of those

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s in 1819., ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'', p. 551. He was

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on 14 November 1819 by

George Gleig George Gleig FRSE FSA LLD (12 May 1753 – 9 March 1840) was a Scottish minister who transferred to the Episcopalian faith and became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Life He was born at Boghall Farm, near Arbuthnott in Aberdeenshire, ...

, Bishop of Brechin and Primus; Alexander Jolly,

; and

Patrick Torry Patrick Torry (1763–1852) was a Scottish Anglican bishop who served as a bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church during the first half of the 19th century., ''Scottish Episcopal Clergy'', p. 464. Early life and family He was born in King E ...

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. However, the firs ...

and of Dunblane. On the death of Jolly in 1838, Low also became the Bishop of Moray. He resigned the See of Argyll in 1846, and four years later, resigned the Sees of Moray and Ross on 19 December 1850., ''The Bishops of Scotland'', p. 426. Low died at

on 26 January 1855, aged 86, and was buried in a grave on the south-side of St John's Episcopal Church, Pittenweem on 1 February 1855.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Low, David 1768 births 1855 deaths Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Bishops of Ross (Scotland) Bishops of Argyll Bishops of Moray 19th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops