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 first known abbot dates to the 10th century, and it is often assumed that in Scotland in the period before the 12th century, the roles of both bishop and abbot were one and the same. The Bishopric of Dunkeld ceased to exist as a Roman Catholic institution after the Scottish Reformation, but continued as a royal institution into the 17th century. The diocese was restored (with a different boundary) by Pope Leo XIII on 4th March 1878; it is now based in the city of Dundee. The current occupant of the see is the Rt. Rev Vincent Paul Logan.

List of known abbots

Dunkeld abbey was an offshoot of Iona, perhaps founded in the early 9th century, in the reign of Caustantín mac Fergusa, King of the Picts. It is not clear when its abbots got independence from the Abbots of Iona, but a notable event is the alleged transfer of the relics Columba to Dunkeld during the reign of the Scoto-Pictish king Cináed mac Ailpín. Its abbots, like many Gaelic abbots of the period, took a strong role in secular affairs, hence the term "lay abbot". The following is a list of known abbots of Dunkeld; the list is not exhaustive.

List of post-Reformation Bishops

In 1560 the Church of Scotland broke its ties with Rome.

* James Paton, 1571-x 1584
* Robert Crichton, 1584-1585
* Peter Rollock, 1585-1607
* James Nicolson, 1607
* Alexander Lindsay, 1607-1638
* Episcopacy briefly abolished
* George Haliburton, 1662-1665
* Henry Guthrie, 1665-1676
* William Lindsay, 1677-1679
* Andrew Bruce, 1679-1686
* John Hamilton, 1686

List of the Modern Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld, Scotland

The contemporary Bishop of Dunkeld is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. The diocese covers an area of 9,505 km². The see is in the City of Dundee where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew. The post Reformation diocese was restored by Pope Leo XIII on 4 March 1878. The Right Reverend Vincent Paul Logan, is the 9th bishop of the diocese since its restoration.

References

* Broun, Dauvit, "Dunkeld and the origin of Scottish identity", in "Innes Review" 48 (1997), pp. 112–124, reprinted in "Spes Scotorum: Hope of Scots", eds. Broun and Clancy (1999), pp. 95–111.
* Dowden, John, "The Bishops of Scotland", ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
* Hudson, Benjamin T., "Kings and Church in Early Scotland", in "The Scottish Historical Review"', Vol. 73, (October, 1994), pp. 145-70
* Watt, D.E.R., "Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638", 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
* Keith, Robert, "An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops," Edinburgh, 1824, pp. 99,100

External links

* [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100001A/index.html Annals of Ulster]
** [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html Translation]
* [http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/History/Scottish/Level1/level1C-material.htm#Bishops%20North%20of%20the%20Forth Dauvit Broun's list of 12th century Scottish Bishops]

ee also

*Diocese of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane