Archdeacon of Orkney

The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the Archdeaconry of Orkney, a sub-division of the Diocese of Orkney. This archeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Shetland.

List of known archdeacons of Orkney

• William, 1309-1310
• William de Buchan, 1369-1372 (afterwards Archdeacon of Shetland).
• Johne Thome, x 1429
• John Patrickson, 1419
• William Brown, 1420
• Thomas de Greenlaw, 1422-1424
• Simon de Greenlaw, 1422
• Andrew de Tulloch, 1435-1447 x 1448
• Thomas Etal, 1438
• Christopher Gynnis, 1448-1449
• Nicholas Blair, 1449
• Andrew Wishart, 1451-1456 x 1461
• James Kinnaird, 1465-1481
• Humphrey Clerk, 1513
• John Tyrie, 1527-1559 x
• Gilbert Foulsie, 1561-1580
• Thomas Swentoun, 1586-1626 x 1627
• Francis Liddell, 1627-1635

References

• Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 359–61