Alexander Inglis

Alexander Inglis
Bishop of Dunkeld (elect)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Dunkeld
In office1483–4
PredecessorJames Livingston
SuccessorGeorge Brown
Previous post(s)Dean of Dunkeld (1470–96);
Archdeacon of St Andrews (1480–96)
Orders
Consecration1476
Personal details
Born1400s
Probably Scotland
Died1496

Alexander Inglis (died 1496) was a Scottish cleric and royal clerk. He was the son of one George Inglis and his wife Margeret.[1] At some point in his life he had attended university and obtained a Licentiate in Decrees.[1] In 1477 he became Dean of the diocese of Dunkeld,[2] and in 1480 became Archdeacon of St Andrews.[3] On 17 September 1483, after the death of Bishop James Livingston, he was elected to succeed the latter as Bishop of Dunkeld.[4] Inglis ran into difficulty on 22 October, when the Chancellor of the diocese of Aberdeen, George Brown, was also provided as Bishop of Dunkeld.[4] Inglis was styled Bishop-elect in Scotland until 1485,[5] but on 13 June 1484, Brown had been consecrated at the Papal see.[6] Inglis continued to hold his previous posts as Archdeacon and Dean until his death in 1496.[7]

  1. ^ a b Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 78.
  2. ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 105.
  3. ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 307–8.
  4. ^ a b Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 98; Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 78.
  5. ^ Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 79.
  6. ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 98.
  7. ^ Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 98, 105, 307-8.