Scottish Episcopal Church
Intro
The Scottish Episcopal Church is the Anglican Communion province in Scotland and presents itself as a continuation of the episcopal tradition that endured through Scotland's Reformation-era conflicts. It is a relatively small but historic church, led by a primus elected from among its bishops rather than by an archbishop with metropolitan jurisdiction.
Structure
The church is composed of seven dioceses, each with its own bishop, and it is governed nationally through a General Synod made up of bishops, clergy, and laity. The primus presides over the church but does not exercise the sort of metropolitan authority found in some other Anglican provinces.
Wikipedia's current list shows seven diocesan sees covering the whole of Scotland. The bishops are elected through diocesan procedures that involve both clergy and laity.
| Diocese | Current bishop listed by Wikipedia | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen and Orkney | Anne Dyer | Northeast and island diocese |
| Argyll and The Isles | David Railton | Western mainland and islands |
| Brechin | Andrew Swift | Eastern central Scotland |
| Edinburgh | Dagmar Winter | Bishop-elect according to Wikipedia |
| Glasgow and Galloway | Nicholas Bundock | West-central and southwest Scotland |
| Moray, Ross and Caithness | Mark Strange | Primus's diocese in northern Scotland |
| St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane | Ian Paton | Large east-central diocese |
Source(s)
Source: No clearly free portrait of Mark Strange was located on Wikimedia Commons during verification, so this figure uses the flag of Scotland from Wikimedia Commons as a free fallback. Public domain.
Source: Intro adapted from the Wikipedia article "Scottish Episcopal Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Source: Structure section adapted from the "Structure" section of the Wikipedia article "Scottish Episcopal Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Title image uses the flag of Scotland from Wikimedia Commons as a free visual fallback because the denomination logo shown on English Wikipedia is not clearly available from Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.