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James Bruce (bishop)

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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
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseGlasgow
Appointed3 February 1447
Term ended1447
PredecessorJohn Cameron
SuccessorWilliam Turnbull
Previous post(s)Bishop of Dunkeld 1441–1447

Archdeacon of Dunkeld 1440–1441

Rector of Kilmany
Orders
Consecration4 February 1442
Personal details
Died1447
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
ParentsSir Robert Bruce

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ 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)
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Dunkeld
1441/2–47
Succeeded by
Preceded by
James Cameron
Bishop of Glasgow
1441/2–47
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chancellor of Scotland
1444–47
Succeeded by