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Scottish
Bishops - SMC227
This
is a list of Bishops of Orkney from the take-over of Orkney
by Scotland in 1471 until the Glorious Revolution of 1688
when James VII was deposed and William and Mary ruled.
There were thirteen bishops during this period. Some of the
more notable bishops on the list are Bishop Reid, who rebuilt
the Bishop's Palace in Kirkwall, and Bishop Bothwell, who
was Bishop at the time of the Reformation and was one of only
four bishops to accept it.
Bishop Bruce was the last Bishop of Orkney. He was appointed
to the see in 1688 and died in 1699, never having set foot
in Orkney.
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