Bishops and Archbishops of Glasgow

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The See of Glasgow was founded between 540 and 560 by St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow. There were bishops in the area prior to the diocese being formally founded and based in Glasgow by charter of David I in 1120,but it is not known what they were called. Glasgow was made an Archdiocese in 1492.

Bishops of Glasgow

• John Achaius (1118-1147)
• Herbert (1147-1164)
• Ingleram of Newbiggin (1164-1175)
• Jocelin (1175-1189)
• Hugh of Roxburgh (1189-1120)
• William de Malvoisin (1200-1202)
• Florence (1202-1208)
• Walter of St Albans (1208-1233)
• William de Bondington (1233-1258)
• Nicholas de Moffat (1259)
• John de Cheam (1259-1269)
• Nicholas de Moffat (1268-1270)
• William Wishart (1271-1272)
• Robert Wishart (1272-1317)
• Stephen of Donydouer (1317-1318)
• John of Eglescliffe (1318-1319)
• John Wishart (1319-1323)
• John Lindsay (1323-1338)
• William Rae (1338-1367)
• Walter Wardlaw (1367-1389)
• Matthew of Glendoning (1389-1408)
• William of Lauder (1408-1425)
• John Cameron (1427-1447)
• James Bruce (1447-1448)
• William Turnbull (1448-1454)
• Andrew Muirhead (1455-1473)
• John Laing (1475-1483)
• Robert Blackadder (1483-1492)

Archbishops of Glasgow

• Robert Blackadder (1492-1508)
• James Beaton (1509-1525)
• Gavin Dunbar (1525-1551)
• Alexander Gordon (1551-1552)
• James Beaton II (1552-1570)
• John Porterfield (1571-1573)
• James Boyd (1573-1581)
• Robert Montgomery (1581-1585)
• William Erskine (1585-1587)
• James Beaton II (1587-1610)
• John Spottiswoode (1610-1615)
• James Law (1615-1633)
• Patrick Lindsay (1633-1638)
• Andrew Fairfoul (1661-1664)
• Alexander Burnet (1664-1669)
• Robert Leighton (1671-1674)
• Alexander Burnet (1674-1679)
• Arthur Ross (1679-1684)
• Alexander Cairncross (1684-1687)
• John Paterson (1687-1689)