- Bishop of Argyll
The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the
Diocese ofArgyll , one ofScotland 's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld formed into the new diocese. The bishops were based at Lismore. The Bishopric of Argyll, like other Scottish bishoprics, passed into the keeping theScottish Episcopal Church after the ScottishReformation .List of bishops of Argyll
The line of bishops continues within the
Scottish Episcopal Church , where the title was often combined with other dioceses. In 1847, Alexander Ewing became the first to bear the title Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, and, in 1878, Angus MacDonald became the first Roman Catholic bishop to bear that same title.References
* Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
* Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688", (London, 1924)
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
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