Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, styled "The Most Reverend the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church", is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The current Primus is the Most Revd. Mark Strange who became primus on 27 June 2017.

The word Template:Wikt-lang literally means "first" in Latin and is cognate to the related episcopal title Primate.

Roles

The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church has the following tasks:

  • to preside at all provincial liturgical functions
  • to preside at all meetings of the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church
  • to preside at all meetings of the Episcopal Synod
  • to declare and carry out the resolutions of the General Synod, the Episcopal Synod and the College of Bishops
  • to represent the Scottish Episcopal Church in its relation to all other churches of the Anglican Communion and other communions
  • to perform the functions and duties of primus as specified in the canons of the Scottish Episcopal Church
  • to correspond on behalf of the Scottish Episcopal Church with primates, metropolitans and the secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council.

History

The primus does not have any metropolitan jurisdiction. Metropolitan responsibilities are held by the diocesan bishops. The last head of the Scottish Episcopal Church to hold both primate and metropolitan titles was Arthur Rose, Archbishop of St Andrews, up to his death in 1704.[1] The last bishop to exercise metropolitan authority was Alexander Rose, Bishop of Edinburgh, up to his death in 1720.[2]

Bishops elected as primus

Holders of the role since the creation of the post in the early 18th century.[3]

Primuses of the Scottish Episcopal Church
From Until Incumbent Notes
1720 1727 File:No image.svg John Fullarton Bishop of Edinburgh, 1720–1727.
May 1727 Oct 1727 File:No image.svg Arthur Millar Bishop of Edinburgh, May–Oct 1727.
1727 1731 File:No image.svg Andrew Lumsden Bishop of Edinburgh, 1727–1733.
1731 1738 File:No image.svg David Freebairn Bishop of Galloway, 1731–1733; Bishop of Edinburgh, 1733–1739.
1738 1743 File:Jacobite broadside - Portrait of Bish Thomas RATTRAY (1688-1743) (cropped).jpg Thomas Rattray Bishop of Dunkeld, 1727–1743.
1743 1757 File:No image.svg Robert Keith Bishop of Caithness, Orkney and The Isles, 1731–1757.
1757 1761 File:No image.svg Robert White Bishop of Fife, 1743–1761.
1762 1782 File:No image.svg William Falconer Bishop of Moray, 1742–1778; Bishop of Edinburgh, 1776–1784.
1782 1788 File:Bishop Robert Kilgour 1714-1790.jpg Robert Kilgour Bishop of Aberdeen, 1768–1786.
1788 1816 File:John Skinner.jpg John Skinner Bishop of Aberdeen, 1786–1816.
1816 1837 File:Bishop George Gleig.jpg George Gleig Bishop of Brechin, 1810–1840.
1837 1841 File:No image.svg James Walker Bishop of Edinburgh, 1830–1841.
1841 1857 File:No image.svg William Skinner Bishop of Aberdeen, 1816–1857.
1857 1862 File:CH Terrot.jpg Charles Terrot Bishop of Edinburgh, 1841–1872.
1862 1886 File:No image.svg Robert Eden Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness, 1851–1886.
1886 1901 File:No image.svg Hugh Jermyn Bishop of Brechin, 1875–1903.
1901 1904 File:No image.svg James Kelly Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness, 1886–1904.
1904 1907 File:Bp George Howard Wilkinson NPG.jpg George Wilkinson Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, 1893–1907.
1908 1934 File:Walter John Forbes Robberds (cropped).jpg Walter Robberds Bishop of Brechin, 1904–1934.
1935 1943 File:No image.svg Arthur Maclean Bishop of Moray, Ross & Caithness, 1904–1943.
1943 1946 File:No image.svg Logie Danson Bishop of Edinburgh, 1939–1946.
1946 1952 File:No image.svg John How Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, 1938–1952.
1952 1962 File:No image.svg Thomas Hannay Bishop of Argyll & The Isles, 1942–1962.
1962 1973 File:No image.svg Francis Moncreiff Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, 1952–1973.
1974 1977 File:No image.svg Richard Wimbush Bishop of Argyll & The Isles, 1963–1977.
1977 1985 File:No image.svg Alastair Haggart Bishop of Edinburgh, 1975–1985.
1985 1990 File:No image.svg Ted Luscombe Bishop of Brechin, 1975–1990.
1990 1992 File:No image.svg George Henderson Bishop of Argyll & The Isles, 1977–1992.
1992 2000 File:No image.svg Richard Holloway Bishop of Edinburgh, 1986–2000.
2000 2006 File:No image.svg Bruce Cameron Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, 1992–2006.
2006 2009 File:Dr Idris Jones (cropped).jpg Idris Jones Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway, 1998–2009.
2009 2016 File:David Chillingworth (15682752159) (cropped).jpg David Chillingworth Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, 2004–2016.
2017 present File:2007-10-13 Anglican Bishop Mark Strange (cropped).jpg Mark Strange Bishop of Moray, Ross, & Caithness, 2007–present

See also

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  1. ↑ A Short History of the Episcopal Church in Scotland by Frederick Goldie (revised edition — 1975) Template:ISBN
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "Footnotes"., Scottish Episcopal Clergy, pp.121–122.
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "Footnotes"., Scottish Episcopal Clergy, p.513.
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