James Rose, MA (c.1655–1733) was a
Scottish Episcopal
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clergyman who served as the
Bishop of Fife from 1731 to 1733.
He was
consecrated
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at
Edinburgh
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as a
college bishop
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on 29 November 1726 by bishops
David Freebairn
David Freebairn, M.A. (1653–1739) was a Scottish clergyman who served as a minister in the Church of Scotland, before becoming a prelate in the Scottish Episcopal Church, and in which he was Bishop of Galloway (1731–1733), Primus of the ...
,
Andrew Cant and
Alexander Duncan. He and other
college bishop
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s were consecrated to maintain the
Episcopal succession
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without being committed to a particular
Episcopal see
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. Five years later, he became the
bishop
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of the
Diocese of Fife
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
in December 1731.
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He died in office on 4 April 1733, aged 78.][
]
References
1655 births
1733 deaths
Bishops of Fife
College bishops
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