James Bruce (bishop)
James Bruce (La: Jacobus de Brois) (died 1447) was a 15th-century cleric who was bishop of Dunkeld, Chancellor of Scotland, and bishop of Glasgow.
James Bruce | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Glasgow | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Glasgow |
| Appointed | 3 February 1447 |
| Term ended | 1447 |
| Predecessor | John Cameron |
| Successor | William Turnbull |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Dunkeld 1441–1447
Archdeacon of Dunkeld 1440–1441 Rector of Kilmany |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 4 February 1442 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1447 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Parents | Sir Robert Bruce |
Biography
[edit]He was the son of one Robert Bruce, a middling landowner in Clackmannanshire.[1] He was rector of Kilmany (Fife), and Archdeacon of Dunkeld. In 1441, on the death of Alexander de Lawedre, bishop-elect of Dunkeld, James Bruce was elected as bishop. He was consecrated at Dunfermline on 4 February 1442. He celebrated his first festive mass on the feast of St. Adomnán, i.e. 23 September. His rule in Dunkeld came to an end when, on 3 February 1447, he was translated to the bishopric of Glasgow. His time as bishop of Glasgow was, however, short. He died in Edinburgh in 1447, probably at the end of the summer. He was buried in St Mary's chapel, Dunfermline.
References
[edit]- ^ Gordon A. C. MacGregor, Bruce of Cultmalundy, in The Red Book of Perthshire (Perthshire Heritage Trust, 2006)
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)