Claim: John Fullarton, former minister of Paisley, and John Sage, former minister of Glasgow, were consecrated as College Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church to maintain apostolic succession on January 25, 1705 in Edinburgh by John Paterson, Alexander Rose, and Robert Douglas.
Evidence: John Fullarton Formerly minister of Paisley; appointed Bishop of Edinburgh in 1720; died 1727. John Sage Formerly a minister of Glasgow; died in 1711. 25 January 1705 Edinburgh John Paterson,
Alexander Rose,
& Robert Douglas In the early days of the Scottish Episcopal Church, college bishops were men who were consecrated bishops in order to maintain apostolic succession but (extraordinarily) not appointed to any episcopal see.