In the early days of the

Scottish Episcopal Church The Scottish Episcopal Church ( gd, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. A continuation of the Church of Scotland as intended by King James VI, and ...

, college bishops were men who were

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

bishops in order to maintain

apostolic succession Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been associated with a claim that the succession is through a series of bish ...

but (extraordinarily) not appointed to any

episcopal see An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...

. Fourteen such men were consecrated, eight of whom were later appointed to Scottish sees.Bertie, David (ed.) Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000: Chapter – College Bishops
p. 515 (Google Books; accessed 2 May 2014)

List of college bishops

Notes

References

* * * * Scottish Episcopal Church Bishops by type Christian terminology {{Christianity-stub