ROSE, Alexander Bishop of Moray, then Bishop of Edinburgh, Right Reverend Dr ¹

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  General Notes:

(at Elgin in 1687)
"ALEXANDER ROSE [or ROSS], D.D. ; Principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews, and formerly min. of
Perth ; recommended by the King 17th Dec. 1686 ; got his patent 7th April, and consecrated Bishop of Moray 1st May 1687 ; trans, to the Bishopric of Edinburgh after 22nd Dec. that year."

from Fasti Ecclesiae ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Licensed: by presbytery, 1670, of Glasgow. ²

• Admitted: second charge, 1672, Old Church of Perth, Scotland. ²

• Trans. and adm.: first charge, 1678, Old Church of Perth, Scotland. ²

• Elected: to chair of divinity, 1683, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. ²

• Appointed: Principal, 1686, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, Scotland. ³

• Granted: DD, 1686, University of St Andrews, Scotland. ²

• Consecrated: Bishop, 11 May 1687, of Moray, Scotland. ²

• Appointed: Bishop, 22 January 1688, of Edinburgh, Scotland. ²