Alexander Rose (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Alexander Rose
Bishop of Edinburgh
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseEdinburgh
In office1687–1720 (From 1689 as a bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church)
PredecessorJohn Paterson
SuccessorJohn Fullarton
Other post(s)Metropolitan of the Scottish Episcopal Church 1704–1720
Previous post(s)Bishop of Moray
Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow;
Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews
Orders
Consecration8 March 1687
by Arthur Rose
Personal details
Born1645 or 1646
Died20 March 1720
Canongate, Edinburgh

Alexander Rose (1647–1720) was a Scottish scholar, minister and bishop. He was a Church of Scotland minister before becoming Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow and Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews. He rose to become Bishop of Moray and then Bishop of Edinburgh. His failure to convince King William III and II that the Scottish bishops could be trusted led to the abolition of Episcopacy in Scotland. Rose continued as a nonjuring bishop, eventually becoming leader of the informal and embryonic Scottish Episcopal Church.