History of The Primus
The Primus does not have any metropolitan jurisdiction. Metropolitan responsibilities are held by the diocesan bishops. The last head of the Scottish Episcopal Church who was Primate and Metropolitan was Archbishop Arthur Rose (of St Andrews) up to his death in 1704. And the last bishop to exercise Metropolitan authority was by Bishop Alexander Rose (of Edinburgh) up to his death in 1720.
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