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| archbishopric     = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh|St Andrews and Edinburgh]]
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| incumbent         = [[Leo Cushley]]
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| cathedral         = [[St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Catholic)|St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh]]
| diocese           = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh|Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh]]
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The '''Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh''' is the [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|ordinary]] of the [[Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh]]. The archdiocese covers an area of 5,504&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The [[metropolitan see]] is in the [[Edinburgh|City of Edinburgh]] where the archbishop's seat (''[[cathedra]]'') is located at the [[St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Catholic)|Cathedral Church of Saint Mary]].<ref name=dsaae/><ref name=gigastandrewsedin/> The eighth and current archbishop is [[Leo Cushley]].<ref name="bbc-enthroned">{{cite news|title=Monsignor Leo Cushley installed as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24174503|access-date=21 September 2013|publisher=BBC News|date=21 September 2013}}</ref>
== History ==
After the [[Scottish Reformation]], the [[Catholic Church]] abandoned the hierarchy and for nearly a century Catholics in Scotland were under the jurisdiction of the English [[Apostolic prefect|prefects]] and [[vicars apostolic]].<ref name=cathstaedin>{{Catholic|no-icon=1|prescript=|wstitle=Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh}}</ref> In 1653, the [[Apostolic prefect|Prefecture Apostolic]] of Scotland was established, which was elevated to the [[Apostolic vicariate|Vicariate Apostolic]] in 1694.<ref name=cathstaedin/> On 23 July 1727, Scotland was divided into the Vicariates Apostolic of the Lowland District and the Highland District, each headed by a vicar apostolic.<ref name=dsaae/><ref name=gigastandrewsedin/><ref>{{Harvnb|Brady|1876}}, ''The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3'', p. 459.</ref> On 13 February 1827, Scotland was divided again into three vicariates apostolic; the Eastern District (formerly the Lowland District), the Northern District (formerly the Highland District), and the Western District (created from parts of the other two districts).<ref name=dsaae/><ref name=gigastandrewsedin/><ref>{{Harvnb|Brady|1876}}, ''The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3'', p. 468.</ref> On the [[restoration of the Scottish hierarchy]] by [[Pope Leo XIII]] on 15 March 1878, part of the Eastern District was elevated to the status of a metropolitan archdiocese with the title St Andrews and Edinburgh.<ref name=dsaae/><ref name=gigastandrewsedin/>
==List of ordinaries==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Prefects of Scotland
|-valign=center
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1653
|align=center|1661
|'''[[William Ballantine (clergyman)|William Ballantine]]'''
|<small>Ordained to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] on 3 December 1645 and appointed [[Apostolic prefect|Prefect]] of [[Scotland]] on 13 October 1653; died in office on 2 September 1661.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1662
|align=center|1693
| '''[[Alexander Dunbar Winchester]]'''
|<small>Ordained to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] on 21 May 1656 and appointed [[Apostolic prefect|Prefect]] of [[Scotland]] on 12 June 1662; resigned in 1668; reappointed in 1672; resigned again in July 1693; died on 14 January 1708; also known as Alexander Winster.</small>
|-valign=center
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Vicars Apostolic of Scotland
|-valign=center
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1694
|align=center|1718
| '''[[Thomas Joseph Nicolson]]'''
|<small>Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Scotland and Titular Bishop of Peristasis on 7 September 1694; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 27 February 1695; died in office on 12 October 1718.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1718
|align=center|''1727''
| '''[[James Gordon (vicar apostolic)|James Gordon]]'''
|<small>Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Scotland and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum on 21 August 1705; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 11 April 1706; succeeded Vicar Apostolic of Scotland on 12 October 1718; appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 23 July 1727.</small>
|-valign=center
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District
|-valign=center
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|''1727''
|align=center|1746
| '''[[James Gordon (vicar apostolic)|James Gordon]]'''
|<small>Hitherto Vicar Apostolic of Scotland; appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 23 July 1727; died in office on 18 February 1746</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1746
|align=center|1767
| '''[[Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1684)|Alexander Smith]]'''
|<small>Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis on 19 September 1735; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 2 November 1735; succeeded Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 18 February 1746; died in office on 21 August 1767.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1767
|align=center|1778
| '''[[James Grant (Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District)|James Grant]]'''
|<small>Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of Sinitis on 21 February 1755; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 13 November 1755; succeeded Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 21 August 1767; died in office on 3 December 1778.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1778
|align=center|1805
| '''[[George Hay (bishop)|George Hay]]'''
|<small>Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of Daulia on 5 October 1768; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 21 May 1769; succeeded Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 3 December 1778; retired on 24 August 1805; died on 15 October 1811.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1805
|align=center|1825
| '''[[Alexander Cameron (bishop)|Alexander Cameron]]'''
|<small>Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Palaestina on 19 September 1797; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 28 October 1798; succeeded Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 24 August 1805; retired on 20 August 1825; died on 7 February 1828.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1825
|align=center|''1827''
| '''[[Alexander Paterson (bishop)|Alexander Paterson]]'''
|<small>Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District and Titular Bishop of Cybistra on 14 May 1816; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 18 August 1816; succeeded Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 20 August 1825; became Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District on 13 February 1827.</small>
|-valign=center
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Vicars Apostolic of the Eastern District
|-valign=center
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|''1827''
|align=center|1831
| '''[[Alexander Paterson (bishop)|Alexander Paterson]]'''
|<small>Hitherto Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District; appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District on 13 February 1827; died in office on 30 October 1831</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1832
|align=center|1852
| '''[[Andrew Carruthers]]'''
|<small>Appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and Titular Bishop of Ceramus on 28 September 1832; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 13 January 1833; died in office on 24 May 1852.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1852
|align=center|1864
| '''[[James Gillis (bishop)|James Gillis]]'''
|<small>Appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and Titular Bishop of Limyra on 28 July 1837; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 22 July 1838; succeeded Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District on 24 May 1852; died in office on 24 February 1864.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1864
|align=center|''1878''
| '''[[John Menzies Strain]]'''
|<small>Appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae on 2 September 1864; [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|ordained bishop]] on 25 September 1864; appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 15 March 1878.</small>
|-valign=center
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Archbishops of St Andrews and Edinburgh
|-valign=center
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="10%"|Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="30%"|Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB" width="45%"|Notes
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|''1878''
|align=center|1883
| '''[[John Menzies Strain]]'''
|<small>Hitherto Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District and Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae; enthroned as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 15 March 1878; died in office on 2 July 1883</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1885
|align=center|1892
| '''[[William Smith (archbishop)|William Smith]]'''
|<small>Appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 2 October 1885; enthroned on 28 October 1885; died in office on 16 March 1892.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1892
|align=center|1900
| '''[[Angus MacDonald (archbishop)|Angus MacDonald]]'''
|<small>[[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Catholic)|Argyll and the Isles]]; appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 15 July 1892; died in office on 29 April 1900.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1900
|align=center|1928
| '''[[James August Smith]]'''
|<small>[[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] from [[Bishop of Dunkeld|Dunkeld]]; appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 30 August 1900; died in office on 25 November 1928.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1929
|align=center|1950
| '''[[Andrew Thomas McDonald]]''', <small>O.S.B.</small>
|<small>Appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 19 July 1929; enthroned on 24 September 1929; died in office on 22 May 1950.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|1951
|align=center|1985
| '''(Cardinal) [[Gordon Gray (cardinal)|Gordon Joseph Gray]]'''
|<small>Appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 20 June 1951; enthroned on 21 September 1951; created Cardinal-Priest of S. Chiara a Vigna Clara on 28 April 1969; retired on 30 May 1985; died on 19 July 1993.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center|1985
|align=center|2013
| '''(Cardinal) [[Keith O'Brien|Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien]]'''
|<small>Appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 30 May 1985; enthroned on 5 August 1985; also Apostolic Administrator of Argyll and the Isles from June 1996 to October 1999; created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna ad Tusculanum on 21 October 2003. Resignation accepted nunc pro tunc 13 November 2012 and definitively accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on 25 February 2013.</small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"
|align=center|2013
|align=center|present
| '''[[Leo Cushley]]'''
|<small>Appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 24 July 2013; enthroned on 21 September 2013.<ref name="bbc-enthroned" /></small>
|-valign=top bgcolor="white"
|align=center colspan="4"| Source(s):<ref name=dsaae>{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dsaae|Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh|15 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=gigastandrewsedin>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zand0.htm ''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh'']. GCatholic.org. Retrieved on 25 July 2013.</ref><ref name=brady1876v3>{{Harvnb|Brady|1876}}, ''The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3'', pp. 455–463 and 468–470.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Gordon|1867}}, ''Journal and Appendix to Scotichronicon and Monasticon, volume 1'', p. xviii.</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Archbishop of St Andrews]]
==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book |last=Brady |first=W. Maziere |author-link=William Maziere Brady |title=The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 |url=https://archive.org/details/a548648303braduoft |year=1876 |publisher=Tipografia Della Pace |location=Rome |volume=3 }}
* {{cite book |last=Gordon |first=J. F. S. |title=Journal and Appendix to Scotichronicon and Monasticon |url=https://archive.org/details/journalappendixt01gord |volume=1 |year=1867 |publisher=John Tweed |location=Glasgow }}
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