Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

The Primus, styled The Most Reverend the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The current Primus is the Most Revd David Chillingworth who became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church on 13 June 2009. He was elected at a meeting of an Episcopal Synod which took place on the final day of the Scottish Episcopal Church General Synod.
== Roles of the Primus ==
The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church has the following tasks:
* to preside at all Provincial Liturgical Functions
* to preside at all meetings of the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church
* to preside at all meetings of the Episcopal Synod
* to declare and carry out the resolutions of the General Synod, the Episcopal Synod and the College of Bishops
* to represent the Scottish Episcopal Church in its relation to all other Churches of the Anglican Communion and other Communions
* to perform the functions and duties of Primus as specified in the Canons of the Scottish Episcopal Church
* to correspond on behalf of the Scottish Episcopal Church with Primates, Metropolitans and the Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council.
== History of the Primus ==
The Primus does not have any metropolitan jurisdiction - such authority was last held by Archbishop Arthur Rose (of St Andrews) up to his death in 1704,"A Short History of the Episcopal Church in Scotland" by Frederick Goldie (revised edition — 1975) ISBN 0-7152-0315-0 and is now vested with the diocesan bishops.
== Bishops elected as Primus ==
Holders of the role since the creation of the post in the 18th century."Scottish Episcopal Clergy 1689 – 2000" by David M Bertie ISBN 0-567-08746-8
From 	Until 	Primus 	Notes
1704 	1720 	Alexander Rose 	Bp of Edinburgh, 1688–1720
1720 	1727 	John Fullarton 	Bp of Edinburgh, 1720–1727
May–Oct 1727	May–Oct 1727	Arthur Millar 	Bp of Edinburgh, May–Oct 1727
1727 	1731 	Andrew Lumsden 	Bp of Edinburgh, 1727–1733
1731 	1738 	David Freebairn 	Bp of Galloway, 1731–1733 and Bp of Edinburgh, 1733–1739
1738 	1743 	Thomas Rattray 	Bp of Dunkeld, 1727–1743
1743 	1747 	Robert Keith 	Bp of Caithness, 1731–1741
1747 	1761 	Robert White 	Bp of Fife, 1743–1761
1761 	1776 	William Falconer 	Bp of Moray, 1742–1778 and Bp of Edinburgh, 1776–1784
1778 	1788 	Robert Kilgour 	Bp of Aberdeen, 1768–1786
1788 	1816 	John Skinner 	Bp of Aberdeen, 1786–1816
1816 	1837 	George Gleig 	Bp of Brechin, 1810–1840
1837 	1841 	James Walker 	Bp of Edinburgh, 1830–1841
1841 	1857 	William Skinner 	Bp of Aberdeen, 1816–1857
1857 	1862 	Charles Hughes Terrot 	Bp of Edinburgh, 1841–1872
1862 	1886 	Robert Eden 	Bp of Moray, Ross & Caithness, 1851–1886
1886 	1901 	Hugh Willoughby Jermyn 	Bp of Brechin, 1875–1903
1901 	1904 	James Butler Knill Kelly 	Bp of Moray, Ross & Caithness, 1886–1904
1904 	1907 	George Howard Wilkinson 	Bp of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, 1893–1907
1908 	1935 	Walter John Forbes Robberds 	Bp of Brechin, 1904–1934
1935 	1943 	Arthur John MacLean 	Bp of Moray, Ross & Caithness, 1904–1943
1943 	1946 	Ernest Denny Logie Danson 	Bp of Edinburgh, 1939–1946
1946 	1952 	John Charles Halland How 	Bp of Glasgow & Galloway, 1938–1952
1952 	1962 	Thomas Hannay 	Bp of Argyll & The Isles, 1942–1962
1962 	1974 	Francis Hamilton Moncrieff 	Bp of Glasgow & Galloway, 1952–1974
1974 	1977 	Richard Knyvet Wimbush 	Bp of Argyll & The Isles, 1963–1977
1977 	1985 	Alastair Iain Macdonald Haggart	Bp of Edinburgh, 1975–1985
1985 	1990 	Lawrence Edward Luscombe 	Bp of Brechin, 1975–1990
1990 	1992 	George Henderson 	Bp of Argyll & The Isles, 1977–1992
1992 	2000 	Richard Frederick Holloway 	Bp of Edinburgh, 1986–2000
2001 	2006 	Andrew Bruce Cameron 	Bp of Aberdeen & Orkney, 1992–2006
2006 	2009 	Idris Jones 	Bp of Glasgow & Galloway, 1998–2009
2009 	present 	David Chillingworth 	Bp of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, 2005–present
== References ==
== See also ==
* Religion in the United Kingdom
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Category:Christian religious leaders
Category:Christianity in Scotland
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