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Whithorn Priory
	Premonstratensian
Established	C. 1130
Mother house	St Mary York
People
Founder(s)	Fergus of Galloway
Site
Location	Isle of whithorn,; Cumbria,; England
Visible remains	Nave; still used as the parish church, and monastic choir; used as parish rooms
Public access	Yes

Saint Ninian's Chapel (of medieval origin).

Whithorn Priory is located in

Premonstratensian

Canons, referred colloquially in Britain as the White Canons.

The canons of

ninth centuries. The prior stood next in rank to the bishop, as we see from the order of signatories to an espiscopal charter early in the thirteenth century; and he and his community enjoyed the right of electing the bishop, although this right was occasionally overruled in favour of the secular clergy by the Archbishop of York

, of which see Galloway was a suffragan for several centuries.

The full list of priors has not been preserved; among them were: Maurice, who swore fealty to King

James VI to the occupant of the See of Galloway when he established Episcopalianism

in Scotland in 1606.

It continued to belong to the bishopric until the revolution of 1688, at which date that see was the richest in the kingdom next to St. Andrews and Glasgow. The priory church, which served also as the cathedral of the diocese, had a long nave without aisles, a choir of about the same length, and a lady chapel beyond. In 1684 the nave and western tower were still intact; but the existing remains consist only of the roofless nave and the extensive vaulted crypts constructed under the eastern end of the church. Such restoration as was possible has been carefully

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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