Alexander Inglis

Alexander Inglis
Bishop of Dunkeld (elect)
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Dunkeld
In office	1483–4
Predecessor	James Livingston
Successor	George Brown
Orders
Consecration	1476
Personal details
Born	1400s Probably Scotland
Died	1496
Previous post	Dean of Dunkeld (1470–96); Archdeacon of St Andrews (1480–96)

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]

Notes

1. Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 78.
2. Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 105.
3. Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 307-8.
4. 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.

References

• Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
• Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)