Michael MacKenlagh () was

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(1355–58). He had previously been Prior of Whithorn, head of the cathedral's

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and leader of the local religious elite. He was elected to the episcopate sometime between March 1354, the death date of his predecessor, and June 1355, when it was recorded that he had been granted safe conduct by

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to receive confirmation by

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. The latter date and event indicates a recent election, almost certainly in the year 1355. He was consecrated in July of that year by William Edendon,

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. He is recorded for the last time in January 1358, when it is recorded that he received a letter of safe-conduct by King Edward to visit the Archbishop of York. His successor, the priest

Thomas MacDowell Thomas MacDowell () was Bishop of Galloway (1359–1363). He had previously been rector of the parish of “Kyrteum” (perhaps Kirkcolm?), and so was certainly a native of Galloway as his Gaelic name further suggests. He was provided to the s ...

, was bishop by December 1359.

References

*Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) 1350s deaths Bishops of Galloway (pre-Reformation) Medieval Gaels from Scotland 14th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Clergy from Dumfries and Galloway Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{UK-RC-bishop-stub