List of Known Bishops of Aberdeen
The Bishopric of Aberdeen, as the Bishopric of Aberdeen, appears to date from the 1130s, as does the list of known bishops.
| Bishops of Aberdeen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| fl. 1131/2 | Nechtan of Aberdeen | ||
| fl. 1147/51-1171 | Edward of Aberdeen | ||
| 1172 | 1199 | Matthew | |
| 1199 | 1207 | John of Kelso | |
| 1207 | 1228 | Adam de Kald | |
| 1228 | 1229 | Matthew the Scot (bishop-elect) | Matthew or Mata had been the chancellor of William the Lion, King of Scots. He was postulated to the see of Aberdeen, before in turn being postulated to the higher ranking see of Dunkeld. At any rate, he died before consecration. His name indicates that he was a Gael, but we do not know anything else about his background. |
| 1228 | 1239 | Gilbert de Stirling | |
| 1239 | 1247 | Radulf de Lamley | |
| 1247 | 1256 | Peter de Ramsay | |
| 1256 | 1270/2 | Richard de Potton | |
| 1272 | 1281/2 | Hugh de Benin | |
| 1282 | 1328 | Henry le Chen | |
| 1329 | Walter Herok (bishop-elect) | He died at Avignon, perhaps before being consecrated. | |
| 1329 | 1343/4 | Alexander de Kininmund (elder) | |
| 1344 | 1350 | William de Deyn | |
| 1350 | 1354/5 | John de Rait | |
| 1355 | 1380 | Alexander de Kininmund (younger) | |
| 1380 | Simon de Ketenis (bishop-elect) | Elected by chapter sometime after 31 August, but was provided instead as Dean of Aberdeen on 18 November 1380. | |
| 1380 | 1389 | Adam de Tyninghame | |
| 1389 | 1421 | Gilbert de Greenlaw | |
| 1422 | 1440 | Henry de Lichton | Translated from Moray. |
| 1441 | 1458 | Ingram Lindsay | |
| 1458 | 1480 | Thomas Spens | Translated from Galloway. |
| 1480 | 1483 | Robert Blackadder (bishop-elect) | Translated to Galloway. |
| 1483 | 1514 | William Elphinstone | Translated from Ross; he is one of the greatest of all medieval Scottish bishops, and is remembered today for, among other things, founding the University of Aberdeen. |
| 1514/5 | 1518 | Alexander Gordon | |
| bef. 1515 | 1516 | Robert Forman | Provided by Pope, but resigned without ever possessing. |
| 1518 | 1532 | Gavin Dunbar | |
| 1529 | 1531 | George Learmond (coadjutor bishop only) | Learmond had been appointed Dunbar's successor in 1529, but he died before Dunbar did. |
| 1532 | 1545 | William Stewart | |
| 1545 | 1577 | William Gordon | Because of the Scottish Reformation of 1560, he was the last bishop owing allegiance to Rome. |
| 1577 | 1600 | David Cunningham | |
| 1600 | 1616 | Peter Blackburn | |
| 1616 | 1617 | Alexander Forbes | Translated from Caithness. |
| 1618 | 1635 | Patrick Forbes | |
| 1635 | 1638 | Adam Bellenden | Translated from Dunblane; died in 1648. |
| 1638 | 1662 | Bishops were abolished in Scotland during the Interregnum. | |
| 1662 | 1663 | David Mitchel | |
| 1663 | 1664 | Alexander Burnet | Translated to Glasgow. |
| 1664 | 1682 | Patrick Scougal | |
| 1682 | 1689 | George Haliburton | Episcopacy abolished in 1689. |
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