College bishop
# College bishop

In the early days of the Scottish Episcopal Church, college bishops were men who were consecrated bishops in order to maintain apostolic succession but (extraordinarily) not appointed to any episcopal see. Fourteen such men were consecrated, eight of whom were later appointed to Scottish sees.

## List of college bishops

College Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church :

| No. | Name | When consecrated | Where consecrated | Consecrators | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Fullarton | 25 January 1705 | Edinburgh | John Paterson, Alexander Rose, & Robert Douglas | Formerly minister of Paisley; appointed Bishop of Edinburgh in 1720; died 1727. |
| 2 | John Sage | 25 January 1705 | Edinburgh | John Paterson, Alexander Rose, & Robert Douglas | Formerly a minister of Glasgow; died in 1711. |
| 3 | John Falconer | 28 April 1709 | Dundee | Alexander Rose, Robert Douglas, & John Sage | Also minister of Carnbee; died in 1723. |
| 4 | Henry Christie | 28 April 1709 | Dundee | Alexander Rose, Robert Douglas, & John Sage | Also minister at Kinross; died 5 May 1718. |
| 5 | Archibald Campbell | 25 August 1711 | Dundee | Alexander Rose, Robert Douglas, & John Fullarton | Appointed Bishop of Aberdeen in 1721; resigned 1724; died 1744. |
| 6 | James Gadderar | 24 February 1712 | London | George Hickes, John Falconer, & Archibald Campbell | Formerly minister of Kilmaurs; appointed Bishop of Aberdeen in 1724; died 1733. |
| 7 | Arthur Millar | 22 October 1718 | Edinburgh | Alexander Rose, John Fullarton, & John Falconer | Appointed Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus in 1727; died later in the same year. |
| 8 | William Irvine | 22 October 1718 | Edinburgh | Alexander Rose, John Fullarton, & John Falconer | Died 1725. |
| 9 | Andrew Cant | 17 October 1722 | Edinburgh | John Fullarton, Arthur Millar, & William Irvine | Died 1728. |
| 10 | David Freebairn | 17 October 1722 | Edinburgh | John Fullarton, Arthur Millar, & William Irvine | Appointed Bishop of Galloway and Primus in 1731, and Bishop of Edinburgh in 1733; died 1739. |
| 11 | John Ochterlony | November 1726 | Edinburgh | Andrew Cant, David Freebairn, & Alexander Duncan | Appointed Bishop of Brechin in 1731; died 1742. |
| 12 | James Rose | November 1726 | Edinburgh | Andrew Cant, David Freebairn, & Alexander Duncan | Appointed Bishop of Fife in 1731; died 1733. |
| 13 | John Gillan | 11 June 1727 | Edinburgh | David Freebairn, Alexander Duncan, James Rose, & John Ochterlony | Appointed Bishop of Dunblane in 1731; died 1735. |
| 14 | David Ranken | 11 June 1727 | Edinburgh | David Freebairn, Alexander Duncan, James Rose, & John Ochterlony | Died 1728. |
