The Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is the

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of the Scottish Episcopal

Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane The Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church, part of the Anglican Communion. It is centred on St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, and covers Fife, Perthshire, Kinross-shire, Clackmanna ...

. The see is located at St Ninian's Cathedral in

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, Scotland.''

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'', 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. . Following the

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, the

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abolished the

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in 1689 and adopted a

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government. The Episcopalian remnant slowly formed the independent

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. In the 19th century, the three dioceses were gradually merged to become the present Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. The see is currently vacant; an electoral synod convened to elect the next bishop on 2 June 2018, electing Ian Paton. The previous bishop of the united diocese was the

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David Chillingworth.

List of Office holders

Archbishops of St Andrews

Bishops of Fife

Bishops of Fife, Dunkeld and Dunblane

Bishops of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane

References

External links

Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings
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