Archdeaconry of St Andrews
The Archdeaconry of St Andrews was a sub-division of the diocese of St Andrews, one of two archdeaconries within the diocese. The St Andrews archdeaconry was headed by the Archdeacon of St Andrews, a subordinate of the Bishop of St Andrews. In the medieval period, the Archdeaconry of St Andrews contained five deaneries with a total of 124 parish churches. The deaneries were Mearns (14 churches), Angus (38 churches), Gowrie (20 churches), Fife (28 churches) and Fothriff (24 churches).
References[]
- McNeill, Peter G. B. & MacQueen, Hector L. (eds.), Atlas of Scottish History to 1707, (Edinburgh, 1996)
- Watt, D. E. R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 304-9
See also[]
- Archdeaconry of Lothian (other St Andrews archdeaconry)
- Archdeacon of St Andrews, for a list of archdeacons
- Bishop of St Andrews
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