Given the question: Facts: - title: bishop of galloway -lrb- elect -rrb- - previous post: rector of carnesmole/kirkinner archdeacon of galloway - see: diocese of galloway - type: bishop - term: 1412 1415-1415 - consecration: none - successor: thomas de buittle - church: roman catholic church - ordination: before 1402 - predecessor: elisaeus adougan - death date: 1420 - birth date: unknown - name: gilbert cavan - birth place: probably dumfriesshire or galloway Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gilbert cavan .
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gilbert cavan -lrb- died 1420 -rrb- was a cleric based primarily in galloway in the early 15th century , a servant of the earls of douglas and briefly bishop of galloway-elect .his name is also written caven , cawan , caben , with other variants , perhaps representing gaelic or irish cabhan , although the name is not locational , it is a '' dictus '' rather than a '' de '' name .