List of the Bishops of Galloway

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The following people were bishops of Galloway ( Scotland ):

Bishops of Whithorn

  • Holy Ninian , † 432?
  • (?) Octa
  • 681 Trumwine
  • 731 Pehthelm, † 735
  • 735 Frithwald, † 764
  • 763 Pehtwine, † 776
  • 777 Æthelbert (afterwards Bishop of Hexham)
  • 791 Beadwulf, † 803
  • 833 Heathored (last known Anglo-Saxon bishop of Whithorn)

Bishops of Galloway

  • 1128-1154 Gille Aldan
  • 1154-1186 Christian
  • 1189-1209 John
  • 1209-1235 Walter
  • 1235-1253 Gilbert
  • 1235 Odo Ydonc ( Elect )
  • 1253-1293 Henry
  • 1294-1319 / 24 Thomas of Dalton
  • 1326-1354 Simon of Wedale
  • 1355-1358 × 1359 Michael MacKenlagh
  • 1358 × 1359–1362 × 1363 Thomas MacDowell (Elekt)
    • David Douglas, † 1373
    • -1373 James Carron
  • 1363-1378 Adam de Lanark
  • around 1379 Oswald (counter-bishop in the occidental schism )
  • 1378 × 1379 Ingram de Ketenis (Elect)
  • 1379-1393 × 1394 Thomas de Rossy
  • ? Francis Ramsay, † 1402
  • 1409-1412 × 1415 Elisaeus Adougan
  • 1412 × 1415 Gilbert Caven (elect)
  • 1415-1422 × 1422 Thomas de Buittle (Butil)
  • 1422–1450 Alexander Vaus (previously Bishop of Caithness)
  • 1450-1458 Thomas Spens (afterwards Bishop of Aberdeen)
  • 1458-1480 x 1482 Ninian de Spot
  • 1482-1508 George Vaus
  • 1508–1509 James Beaton (also Archbishop of Glasgow)
  • 1509-1526 David Arnot
  • 1526-1541 Henry Wemys
  • 1541–1558 Andrew Durie
  • 1559–1575 Alexander Gordon
  • 1575–1586 John Gordon
  • 1586–1588 George Gordon
  • 1588-1605 Vacant
  • 1605-1612 Gavin Hamilton
  • 1612-1619 William Coupar
  • 1619–1634 Andrew Lamb (previously Bishop of Brechin)
  • 1635–1638 Thomas Sydserf (afterwards Bishop of Orkney, † 1663)
  • 1638–1661 dissolution of the diocese
  • 1661–1674 James Hamilton of Broomhill
  • 1676–1679 John Paterson (afterwards Bishop of Edinburgh)
  • 1679 Arthur Ross (previously Bishop of Argyll, then Archbishop of Glasgow and St Andrews)
  • 1680–1687 James Aitken (previously Bishop of Moray)
  • 1687–1688 John Gordon, † 1726
  • 1878-1893 John McLachlan
  • 1893-1914 William Turner
  • 1914-1943 James William McCarthy
  • 1943–1952 William Henry Mellon
  • 1952-1981 Joseph Michael McGee
  • 1981-2004 Maurice Taylor
  • 2004-2014 John Cunningham
  • since 2014 William Nolan