Archdeacon of Orkney
# Archdeacon of Orkney

The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the Archdeaconry of Orkney, a sub-division of the Diocese of Orkney in Scotland. This archdeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Shetland.

## List of known archdeacons of Orkney

* William, 1309-1310
* William de Buchan, 1369-1372 (afterwards Archdeacon of Shetland).
* Johne Thome, x 1429
* John Patrickson, 1419
* William Brown, 1420
* Thomas de Greenlaw, 1422-1424
* Simon de Greenlaw, 1422
* Andrew de Tulloch, 1435-1447 x 1448
* Thomas Etal, 1438
* Christopher Gynnis, 1448-1449
* Nicholas Blair, 1449
* Andrew Wishart, 1451-1456 x 1461
* James Kinnaird, 1465-1481
* Humphrey Clerk, 1513
* John Tyrie, 1527-1559 x
* Gilbert Foulsie, 1561-1580
* Thomas Swentoun, 1586-1626 x 1627
* Francis Liddell, 1627-1635
