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    Bishop of Caithness was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Caithness, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The first referenced bishop of...
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  • Stewart (bishop of Moray) (1442–1501), Scottish prelate and administrator Andrew Stewart (bishop of Caithness, died 1517), Bishop of Caithness and Treasurer...
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    Dornoch Cathedral (category Cathedrals of the Church of Scotland)
    the church is not the seat of a bishop but retains the name due to being, historically, the seat of the Bishop of Caithness. The cathedral's churchyard...
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    to Aberdeen. The main offices of The John O'Groat Journal and The Caithness Courier are located in Wick, as are Caithness General Hospital (run by NHS...
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  • Andreas or Aindréas of Caithness († 1184) was the first known bishop of Caithness and a source for the author of de Situ Albanie. Aindréas was a native...
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  • Scottish Protestant Bishop of Caithness. Forbes was the third son of John Forbes, minister of Alford, Aberdeenshire, and afterwards of Delft. Patrick studied...
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    given the now vacant see of Caithness. The Pope agreed, and on 14 December 1517, Andrew Stewart became Bishop of Caithness. Thereafter, the sources leave...
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  • servant of Andrew Stuart, Bishop of Caithness at the instigation of the bishop. The Gordon Earls of Huntly and Sutherland took the side of the bishop, saving...
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  • later known as Saint Gilbert of Dornoch, or Gilbert of Caithness, was the most famous Bishop of Caithness and founder of Dornoch Cathedral. His name may...
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    The Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness is the ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. The bishop's seat (cathedra) is...
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    British Anglican bishop. He is the current Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He is the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal...
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    probably become extinct in Caithness by the 15th century. The Caith element of the name Caithness comes from the name of a Pictish tribe known as the...
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    lands of Caithness, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians. The chiefs of the clan were the Barons of Roslin and later the Earls of Orkney and Earls of Caithness...
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  • Andreas (redirect from Andreas (bishop))
    convert to Judaism Aindréas of Caithness, or Aindréas (died 1184), first known bishop of Caithness, Scotland Andreas (bishop of Dromore), 13th-century Irish...
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    promontory. Built by the Bishops of Caithness, the castle served as the Bishop's Palace for the bishops of Caithness. Bishop John of Caithness was mutilated by...
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    with the consent of Jon Haraldsson, the "Bloody Earl" of Orkney, the bishop of Caithness, Adam of Melrose, and a monk named Surlo are said to have been...
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  • Protestant Bishop of Caithness. Abernethy was born around 1570, the son of Jean Straiton and her husband Thomas Abernethy of Glencorse south of Edinburgh...
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  • of Melrose (died 1222) was Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Caithness, famously burned to death by the husbandmen of Caithness. At the time, Caithness was...
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  • of Orkney and Caithness 1457–1460: George Shoreswood, Bishop of Brechin 1460–1482: Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avandale 1482–1483: John Laing, Bishop of...
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  • Wood of Largo (died 1515), Scottish admiral Andrew Wood (bishop) (died 1695), Scottish prelate, bishop of the Isles, 1678–1680, bishop of Caithness, 1680–1688/9...
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  • clergyman who served as Protestant Bishop of Caithness. He was born around 1600, probably the son of Rev Robert Hamilton of Hamilton, Scotland. He studied...
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    Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. He was the son of William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness and...
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  • Protestant Bishop of Caithness. The son of Rev David Wood, Church of Scotland minister for the parish of Edzell, by a daughter of John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray...
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    Mor Mackay, 2nd chief of Clan Mackay who married a daughter of Walter, Bishop of Caithness in 1263. According to Major-General Stewart, the Mackays were...
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  • Archdeacon of Caithness was the only archdeacon in the Diocese of Caithness, acting as a deputy of the Bishop of Caithness. The following is a list of known...
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  • Forbes (bishop of Aberdeen) (1564–1635), Scottish churchman Patrick William Forbes (1861–1918), army commander Patrick Forbes (bishop of Caithness) (1611–1680)...
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  • Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine Order Gilbert de Moravia (died 1245), later known as Saint Gilbert of Dornoch, Bishop of Caithness and founder...
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  • John of Caithness (Medieval Gaelic: Eoin; Norse: Jon; Latin: Iohannes) is the second known bishop of Caithness, based then at Halkirk. He witnessed various...
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    Islands. The lands of Mey belonged to the Bishops of Caithness. The Castle of Mey was built between 1566 and 1572, possibly on the site of an earlier fortification...
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  • John de Crannach (category Bishops of Caithness)
    provision as bishop of Caithness, but within four years was translated and consecrated bishop of Brechin. He was a prominent ambassador of James I and travelled...
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