The Archdeacon of Glasgow was the head of the Archdeaconry of Glasgow, a sub-division of the

Diocese of Glasgow The Archdiocese of Glasgow was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen) dioceses of the Scottish church. It was the second largest diocese in the Kingdom of Scotland, including Clydesdale, Teviotdale, parts of Tweeddale, Liddesdale, Annanda ...

. He was one of two archdeacons serving the

Bishop of Glasgow The Archbishop of Glasgow is an archiepiscopal title that takes its name after the city of Glasgow in Scotland. The position and title were abolished by the Church of Scotland in 1689; and, in the Scottish Episcopal Church, it is now part of th ...

, the other one being the

Archdeacon of Teviotdale An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...

. This archdeacon (Glasgow) was responsible for region of the Diocese of Glasgow outside the

Teviotdale Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and ...

region of the Scottish Borders region. The position was an important position within the medieval Scottish church, because of the high number of

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

es in the archdeaconry.

List of archdeacons of Glasgow

* Ascelin, 1126 x 1127-1153 x 1159 * Enguerrand, 1161 x 1162-1164 * Simon, 1166 x 1174-1195 x 1196 * Robert, 1195 x 1196-1222 * Thomas, 1222 * Thomas de Contravel, 1222-1227 * Hugh de Potton, 1227-1238 * Matthew de Aberdeen, 1238 x 1244 * Reginald de Irvine, 1245-1266 x 1268 * William de Lindsay, 1275 * James de Dalileye 1306-1308 x 1311 * John Wishart, x 1310-1337Became Bishop of Glasgow. * Guido Kieretti, 1342-1374 * Gregory de Maybole (?), 1367-1387 * Thomas Mercer, 1374 x 1377 -1379 x 1388 * Duncan Petit, 1388-1397 * John de Grangia, x 1394 *

Henry de Wardlaw Henry Wardlaw (died 6 April 1440) was a Scottish church leader, Bishop of St Andrews and founder of the University of St Andrews. Ancestors He was descended from an ancient Saxon family which came to Scotland with Edgar Atheling, and was ho ...

, x 1394-1403 * William MacMorrin, x 1403 * Simon de Mandeville, 1403-1409 ** William de Camera, 1403 ** John Forrester, 1403 * John Forrester, 1409-1414 ** William de Glendinning, 1409-1413 ** John Stewart, 1413-1414 * George de Borthwick, 1414-1446 * John Arous, 1447 x 1448-1468 * Archibald Whitelaw, 1468 * Hugh 'Danslas', 1468 * Gilbert Rerik, 1468-149 * John Gibson, 1495 * Patrick Blackadder, 1502 x 1505-1521 x 1524 * Alexander Dick, 1523 x 1538-1559x1560 * John Abercrombie, 1562 * Andrew Betoun, 1560-1563 x 1573 * Archibald Douglas, 1573-1610 * Theodore Hay, 1610-1638

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Bibliography

* Watt, D.E.R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 170–4

List of archdeacons of Glasgow

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