Archbishop of St Andrews - List of Archbishops

List of Archbishops

The bishopric of St Andrews was elevated into an Archbishopric in 1472 by Pope Sixtus IV. The Scottish church broke with Rome in the Scottish Reformation of 1560.

Incumbent Dates Notes
Patrick Graham 1472–1478 Deposed for corruption and insanity in 1478.
William Scheves 1478–1497 Co-adjutor since 1476.
James Stewart, Duke of Ross 1497–1504
Alexander Stewart 1504–1513
John Hepburn el. 1513 Elect, not accepted by the Pope.
Cardinal Innocenzo Cybo 1513–1514 He was the nephew of Pope Leo X, and appointed by the Pope instead of John Hepburn. Owing to lack of support in Scotland, and exchange was made with Archbishop Forman of Bourges.
William Elphinstone 1513–1514 Received crown nomination and chapter postulation for translation from bishopric of Aberdeen but died without possession on 25 October 1514. It is not known whether or not the Pope would have accepted his translation.
Gavin Douglas 1513–1514 Received crown nomination after death of Elphinstone; was not accepted by the Pope and became Bishop of Dunkeld instead.
Andrew Forman 1514–1521 Bishop of Moray, Archbishop of Bourges, obtained St Andrews through exchange with Cibo.
James Beaton 1522–1539
David Cardinal Beaton 1539–1546 Co-adjutor since 1537.
John Hamilton 1547–1571
Gavin Hamilton 1571 Co-adjutor since 1551.
John Douglas 1571–1574
Patrick Adamson 1575–1592
George Gledstanes 1604–1615
John Spottiswoode 1615–1638
Abolition of Episcopacy 1638-1661
James Sharp 1661–1679 First Archbishop of the Restoration Episcopacy.
Alexander Burnet 1679–1684
Arthur Rose 1684-1689 (1704)
In 1689, episcopacy was declared abolished in the Church of Scotland, but continued in the Scottish Episcopal Church.

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