Archdeaconry of St Andrews
- Archdeaconry of St Andrews
The Archdeaconry of St Andrews was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries within the diocese. The St Andrews archdeaconry was headed by the Archdeacon of St Andrews, a subordinate of the Bishop of St Andrews. In the medieval period, the Archdeaconry of St Andrews contained fife deaneries with a total of 124 parish churches. The deaneries were Mearns (14 churches), Angus (38 churches), Gowrie (20 churches), Fife (28 churches) and Fothriff (24 churches).
References
* McNeill, Peter G.B. & MacQueen, Hector L. (eds), "Atlas of Scottish History to 1707", (Edinburgh, 1996)
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 304-9
ee also
* Archdeaconry of Lothian (other St Andrews archdeaconry)
* Archdeacon of St Andrews, for a list of archdeacons
* Bishop of St Andrews
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