Alexander Inglis

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name = Alexander Inglis


religion=Roman Catholic Church
See = Diocese of Dunkeld
Title = Bishop of Dunkeld (elect)
Period = 1483–4
consecration = 1476
Predecessor = James Livingston
Successor = George Brown
post = Dean of Dunkeld (1470–96);
Archdeacon of St Andrews (1480–96)| ordination =
bishops = None
date of birth = 1400s
place of birth = Probably Scotland
date of death = 1496
place of death =

Alexander Inglis (died 1496) was a Scottish cleric and royal clerk. He was the son of one George Inglis and his wife Margeret.Dowden, "Bishops of Scotland", p. 78.] At some point in his life he had attended university and obtained a Licentiate in Decrees. In 1477 he became Dean of the diocese of Dunkeld, [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 105.] and in 1480 became Archdeacon of St Andrews. [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", pp. 307-8.] On September 17, 1483, after the death of Bishop James Livingston, he was elected to succeed the latter as Bishop of Dunkeld.Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 98; Dowden, "Bishops of Scotland", p. 78.] Inglis ran into difficulty on October 22, when the Chancellor of the diocese of Aberdeen, George Brown, was also provided as Bishop of Dunkeld. Inglis was styled Bishop-elect in Scotland until 1485, [Dowden, "Bishops of Scotland", p. 79.] but on June 13, 1484, Brown had been consecrated at the Papal see. [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", p. 98.] Inglis continued to hold his previous posts as Archdeacon and Dean until his death in 1496. [Watt, "Fasti Ecclesiae", pp. 98, 105, 307-8.]

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References

* Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)