About Roger Gordon
Roger Gordon was a priest.
Roger Gordon was a 16th-century Scottish cleric who briefly served as Bishop of Galloway.
Life
He was Dean of Dunblane Cathedral from at least 13 April 1554, a position he may have retained for the remainder of his life.
In 1572 he was minister of Whithorn. He was elected to the bishopric of Galloway on the death of Alexander Gordon in 1575. He got Crown confirmation to the bishopric with mandate for consecration on 17 September 1578. Roger was called "pretended bishop" on 27 June 1579. Scott says he returned to Whithorn in 1599.
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Roman Catholic bishop
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Roger Gordon died in 1580.
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