Alexander Douglas (bishop)

Alexander Douglas (died 1623) was a Church of Scotland minister and bishop. Minister at Elgin for 17 years, he was elevated to the bishopric of Moray, receiving crown provision on 30 November 1602. He was not consecrated, however, for over eight years, not until he received consecration at Edinburgh on 15 March 1611. He died 11 May 1623, at Elgin. He was buried at the church of St Giles, Elgin, in a vault by a window.

References

Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)

Religious titles
Preceded by George Douglas	Bishop of Moray 1602–1623	Succeeded by John Guthrie

Bishops of Moray

Pre-Reformation

Post-Reformation

Church of Scotland	George Douglas Alexander Douglas (younger)§ John Guthrie Murdoch MacKenzie James Aitken Colin Falconer Alexander Rose William Hay

Scottish Episcopal	William Hay William Dunbar George Hay§ William Falconer Arthur Petrie Andrew Macfarlane Alexander Jolly David Low Robert Eden

§ non consecrated, titular, or doubtful bishops or unsuccessful coadjutors

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