Bishop and Archbishop
Despite his strong presbyterian leanings, in 1661, Leighton allowed himself to be appointed Bishop of Dunblane by King Charles II. His mild mannered nature gave him problems in this role, and he attempted to resign in 1665, making a trip to London for that purpose. However he did not go through with this after King Charles II agreed to milder measures. He repeated his trip to London again in 1669, but little result followed.
In 1670, he agreed (with hesitation) to accept appointment as Archbishop of Glasgow. In this higher sphere he redoubled his efforts with the Presbyterians to bring about some degree of conciliation with Episcopacy, but the only result was to embroil himself with the hot-headed Episcopal party as well as with the Presbyterians.
He resigned the archbishopric in 1674.
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