Andrew Wood (bishop)
Andrew Wood (c.1617– 1695) was a Scottish minister who served as Protestant Bishop of Caithness.
Life
The son of Rev David Wood,
St Andrews University graduating MA in 1634.[1]
He became minister at
dispensation
from the king to hold this bishopric while retaining Dunbar.
He held the position of
episcopacy was abolished in Scotland and all Church of Scotland bishops lost their sees
. He died in Dunbar in 1695, aged 76.
References
- ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol.1 by Hew Scott
- Keith, Robert (1824), An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688 (New ed.), London: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, pp. 218, 310