This article is about the mediaeval diocese. For the Episcopal diocese, see Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.
Diocese of Moray
Head
Bishop of Moray
Archdeacon(s)
Archdeacon of Moray
Known rural deans
Elgin, Inverness, Strathbogie, Strathspey
First attestation
1114 x 1120
Metropolitan before 1472
None
Metropolitan after 1492
Archbishop of St Andrews
Cathedral
Elgin Cathedral
Previous cathedral(s)
Birnie, Kinneddar and Spynie
Dedication
Holy Trinity
Canons
Secular
Catholic successor
Merged into resurrected Diocese of Aberdeen, 4 March 1878
Episcopal successor
Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness
The Diocese of Moray was one of the most important of the medieval dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. Its territory was in central northern Scotland.
The DioceseofMoray was one of the most important of the medieval diocesesof the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. Its territory was in central northern...
banks of the River Ness. It is the seat of the Bishop ofMoray, Ross and Caithness, ordinary of the DioceseofMoray, Ross and Caithness. The cathedral is...
Moray (Middle Irish: Muréb; Medieval Latin: Moravia; Old Norse: Mýræfi) was a province within the area of modern-day Scotland, that may at times up to...
The Bishop ofMoray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the DioceseofMoray in northern Scotland, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics...
location of the first officially settled Cathedral Church of the DioceseofMoray, Holy Trinity Church in present-day Spynie Churchyard. For most of its occupied...
Scottish Episcopal DioceseofMoray, Ross and Caithness This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dioceseof Ross. If an internal...
dedicated to St Andrew, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church and seat of the ordinary of the DioceseofMoray, Ross and Caithness. The cathedral...
See of Edinburgh and appointed William Forbes as first Bishop of Edinburgh in the following year. He also appointed John Guthrie, Bishop ofMoray as the...
Dean ofMoray was the head of the cathedral chapter of the dioceseofMoray, north-central Scotland, based at Elgin Cathedral. The dioceseofMoray is first...
and continued until the end of the 20th century, with significant improvements to the two western towers. The DioceseofMoray was a regional bishopric,...
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River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the traditional county town of Nairnshire. At the 2011 census, Nairn had a population of 9,773, making it the...
Archdeacon ofMoray was the only archdeacon in the DioceseofMoray, acting as a deputy of the Bishop ofMoray. The archdeacon held the parish churches of Forres...
of a Bishop ofMoray. Felix appears to have been the successor to Bishop William, Papal legate, who died in 1162. We know that the dioceseofMoray was...
of cathedrals in Scotland. A cathedral church is a Christian place of worship that is the chief, or 'mother' church of a diocese. The distinction of cathedral...
appears to have been a son of William de Dufglas, and had five brothers, four of whom also became clerics, all in the Moraydiocese. The fifth and presumably...
whether a formal territory or diocese was attached to the church or bishop concerned. Before the development ofdioceses, which began earlier in England...
already founded the DioceseofMoray farther north, erected Dunkeld into a cathedral church and replaced the Columban monks by a chapter of secular canons...