Robert Cairncross

Robert Cairncross
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Robert Cairncross (d. 1544) was a Scottish bishop.

At various times he was provost of Corstorphine, abbot of Holyrood. He was appointed bishop of Ross in 1539, holding in commendam the abbacy of Fern. He also held office as Lord High Treasurer of Scotland from 1528 to 1529 and from 1537 to 1539.

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Bishops of Ross

Pre-Reformation Bishops of Ross
Mac Bethad · Symeon · Gregoir · Reinald Macer · Andreas de Moravia · Robert I. · Robert II. · Matthew · Robert de Fyvie · Adam de Darlington · Thomas de Dundee · Roger · Alexander Stewart · Alexander de Kylwos · Alexander de Waghorn · Thomas Lyell · Gruffydd Young · John Bullock · Andrew Munro · Thomas de Tulloch · Henry Cockburn · John Woodman · William Elphinstone · Thomas Hay · John Guthrie · John Fraser · Robert Cockburn · James Hay · Robert Cairncross · David Panter · Henry Sinclair
Italics indicate non-consecrated or titular bishops.

Post-Reformation Bishops of Ross
Henry Sinclair · John Lesley · Alexander Hepburn · David Lindsay · Patrick Lindsay · James Maxwell · John Paterson · Alexander Young · James Ramsay

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