Diocese of Galloway
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Rhinns. | |
Common churches | Borgue; Clayshant; Cruggleton; Gelston; Glasserton; Great Sorbie; Kilcolmkill; Kirkandrews; Kirkdale; Kirkinner; Kirkmaiden; Kirkmichael; Little Sorbie; Longcastle; Mochrum; Toskerton; Whithorn; Wigtown. |
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Prebendal churches | Kells; Penninghame. |
Catholic successor | Resurrected: 1876 |
Episcopal successor | Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway |
The Diocese of Galloway was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen) dioceses of the pre-1689 Scottish Church. The Diocese was led by the
Whithorn Cathedral
.
In the Middle Ages, there was only one archdeacon, the
Rhinns
. The deaneries of Farines and Rhinns had been combined by the 16th century.
List of bishops
List of archdeacons
List of cathedral priors
List of known rural deans
Early known rural deans
- Mac Bethad or Máel Bethad, fl. 1165 x 1174
- James, 1185 x 1197
List of known deans of Desnes
- Matthew, 1200 x 1209-1209 x 1222[1]
- Thomas, fl. 1250[1]
- John Wallace, fl. 1331[1]
- Herbert Dunn, fl. 1529.[2]
List of known deans of Farines
List of known deans of Rhinns
- Gilbert, fl. 1200 x 1209
List of known deans of Farines and Rhinns
- John MacCraken, fl. 1538-1552
- Michael Hawthorn, fl. 1559
List of civil parishes
- Anwoth
- Balmaclellan
- Balmaghie
- Balnacross
- Borgue
- Buittle
- Clayshant
- Colmonell
- Colvend
- Crossmichael
- Cruggleton
- Dalry
- Dunrod
- Galtway
- Gelston
- Girthon
- Glasserton
- Glenluce
- Inch
- Kells
- Kelton
- Kirkandrews
- Kirkbean
- Kirkbride aka Blaiket
- Kirkchrist
- Kirkcolm
- Kirkcormack
- Kirkcowan
- Kirkcudbright
- Kirkdale
- Kirkgunzeon
- Kirkinner
- Kirkmabreck
- Kirkmadrine
- Kirkmaiden
- Kirkpatrick Durham
- Kirkpatrick Irongray
- Leswalt
- Lochrutton
- Longcastle
- Minigaff
- Mochrum
- New Abbey aka Kinderloch
- Parton
- Penninghame
- Portpatrick
- Rerrick
- Senwick
- Sorbie
- Soulseat
- Southwick
- Stoneykirk
- Terregles
- Tongland
- Toskerton
- Troqueer
- Twynholm
- Urr
- Cathedral)
- Wigtown
Notes
Bibliography
- Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 138–9