# Patrick Graham (bishop)

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Bishop of St. Andrews

For other men named Patrick Graham, see [Patrick Graham (disambiguation)](/source/Patrick_Graham_(disambiguation)).

Patrick Graham Archbishop of St Andrews Church Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese St Andrews Appointed 15 December 1465 Term ended 9 January 1478 Predecessor James Kennedy Successor William Scheves Previous post Bishop of Brechin (1463–65) Personal details Died 1478 (1479) Loch Leven, Scotland Parents Sir William Graham of Kincardine and Lady Mary Stewart

**Patrick Graham** (died 1478) was a 15th-century [Bishop of Brechin](/source/Bishop_of_Brechin) and [Bishop of St. Andrews](/source/Bishop_of_St._Andrews); he was also the first [Archbishop of St. Andrews](/source/Archbishop_of_St._Andrews).

He was the son of Sir William Graham of Kincardine by Lady Mary Stewart, daughter of King [Robert III of Scotland](/source/Robert_III_of_Scotland). He was therefore of royal blood, and the half-brother of his predecessor as [bishop](/source/Bishop) of [St. Andrews](/source/St_Andrews), [James Kennedy](/source/James_Kennedy_(bishop)). Before rising to the rank of bishop, Patrick for many years controlled the [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of [Kinneil](/source/Kinneil_House#Early_history). Although Patrick paid for the bishopric of Brechin, his election was acknowledged by [Pope Pius II](/source/Pope_Pius_II), who appointed him to the [see](/source/Episcopal_See) sometime before 29 March 1463. However, Patrick was not long bishop of Brechin. On 4 November 1465 Patrick was translated to the bishopric of St. Andrews by [Pope Paul II](/source/Pope_Paul_II), for which Patrick's [proctor](/source/Proctor), a merchant of [Florence](/source/Florence) called Ricardo de Ricasolis, paid over 3300 gold [florins](/source/Italian_coin_florin) on 29 November the same year.

Patrick became the first Archbishop of St. Andrews when a [bull](/source/Papal_bull) of [Pope Sixtus IV](/source/Pope_Sixtus_IV), dated at [Rome](/source/Rome), 17 August 1472, elevated the bishopric of St. Andrews to [archiepiscopal](/source/Archbishop) status. Nevertheless, Patrick's individual career was in trouble. The same Pope Sixtus IV ordered an enquiry into Patrick's conduct. He commissioned one John Huseman, [Dean](/source/Dean_(religion)) of the church of [St. Patroclus](/source/St._Patrokli%2C_Soest) in [Soest](/source/Soest%2C_Germany) in the [diocese of Cologne](/source/Archbishop_of_Cologne), to investigate charges (of insanity) made against Archbishop Patrick. The result was that Archbishop Patrick was condemned to confine himself to a monastery, residing first at Inchcolm, then Dunfermline, before being imprisoned in [Lochleven Castle](/source/Lochleven_Castle). He was formally deposed on 9 January 1478 and died later in the year at Loch Leven. He was buried on [St. Serf's Inch](/source/St_Serf's_Inch) in Lochleven.

## References

- [Dowden, John](/source/John_Dowden), *The Bishops of Scotland*, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

Religious titles Preceded by George de Schoriswod Bishop of Brechin 1463/1464–1465 Succeeded by John Balfour Preceded by James Kennedy Bishop of St Andrews After 17 August 1472, Archbishop of St Andrews 1465–1478 Succeeded by William Scheves Academic offices Preceded by James Kennedy Bishop of St Andrews Chancellor of the University of St Andrews 1465–1478 Succeeded by William Scheves Archbishop of St Andrews

v t e Bishops and archbishops of St Andrews Known pre-Norman era bishops Cellach I Fothad I Máel Ísu I Cellach II Máel Muire Máel Ísu II Ailín Máel Dúin Túathal Fothad II Giric Cathróe Scoto-Norman era bishops Turgot of Durham Eadmer Robert of Scone Ernald Richard the Chaplain Hugh the Chaplain John Scotus Roger de Beaumont Geoffrey de Liberatione William de Malveisin David de Bernham Robert de Stuteville Abel de Gullane Gamelin William Wishart William Fraser William de Lamberton James Bane William Bell William de Landallis Stephen de Pa Walter Trail Thomas Stewart Walter de Danielston Gilbert de Greenlaw Henry Wardlaw James Kennedy Patrick Graham Pre-Reformation archbishops Patrick Graham William Scheves James Stewart, Duke of Ross Alexander Stewart John Hepburn Cardinal Innocenzo Cybo Andrew Forman James Beaton Cardinal David Beaton John Hamilton Gavin Hamilton Post-Reformation archbishops John Douglas Patrick Adamson George Gledstanes John Spottiswoode James Sharp Alexander Burnet Arthur Rose Afterwards, see also: Episcopal Archbishops of St Andrews, Bishops of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (etc.) & Roman Catholic Archbishops of St Andrews and Edinburgh (etc.)

v t e Chancellors of the University of St Andrews 15th and 16th Century Henry Wardlaw (1413) James Kennedy (1440) Patrick Graham (1465) William Scheves (1478) James Stewart, Duke of Ross (1497) Alexander Stewart (1504) Andrew Forman (1514) James Beaton (1522) David Beaton (1539) John Hamilton (1547) John Douglas (1572) Patrick Adamson (1576) John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (1592) John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir (1597) John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose (1599) 17th and 18th Century George Gledstanes (1604) John Spottiswoode (1615) John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (1643) James Sharp (1661) Alexander Burnet (1679) Arthur Rose (1684) John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1697) James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1724) Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1746) Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1765) Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1788) 19th and 20th Century Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1811) Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1814) George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1851) Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh (1900) Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1922) Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1928) Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1929) Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton (1948) Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae (1973) Sir Kenneth Dover (1981) 21st Century Walter Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem (2006) Dame Anne Pringle (2026)

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