| 词条 | John Falconer (bishop) |
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| bishop name = John Falconer, MA | dipstyle = The Right Reverend | offstyle = My Lord or Bishop | image = }} John Falconer (or Falconar) (c.1660–1723) was a Scottish clergyman who served as a minister in the Church of Scotland and before becoming a college bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Early life and familyBorn about 1660, he was the son of the Reverend David Falconer and Margaret Braydday.[1][2] He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1679.[1][2] He married to Elizabeth Galloway (1671–1691), daughter of Thomas Galloway, 2nd Lord Dunkeld, and they had two sons: James and Thomas.[1][2] Ecclesiastical careerHe was a chaplain in the family of Wemyss of Wemyss, before becoming the Incumbent of Carnbee from 1683 to 1690.[1][2] He came under a sentence of deprivation from the Privy Council, 8 September 1689, for not reading the Proclamation of the Estates, etc., and by Act of Parliament, 25 April 1690, restoring Presbyterian ministers.[1][2] He was consecrated a college bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church at Dundee on 28 April 1709 by bishops Rose, Douglas and Sage.[1][2][3] He and other college bishops were consecrated to maintain the Episcopal succession without being committed to a particular Episcopal see. He took part in the consecration of James Gadderar in London in 1712.[1][2] He occupied Glamis parish church in 1716, and was also at Slains parish church with the Reverend William Law.[1][2] In 1720, he took over the administration of the districts north of the River Forth (with the exception of Aberdeenshire), but did not become a territorial bishop as such.[1][2] He died at Inglismaldie on 6 July 1723, aged c. 63, and was buried at Logie Pert, Angus.[1][2] WorksHe is possibly the author of Cryptomenysis Paterfacta (published in 1685) and wrote a little tract described as "a popular exposition of the various Covenants of God and especially of the sanctions and conditions of the Christian Covenants" which has been preserved in manuscript.[1][2] References{{Portal|Anglicanism|Christianity}}1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite book |last=Bertie |first=David M. |year=2000 |title=Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000 |publisher=T & T Clark |location=Edinburgh |isbn=0567087468 |ref=40}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Falconer, John}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite book |last=Scott |first=Hew |year=1925 |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae |url=https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc05scot |volume=Volume 5 |edition=New |publisher=Oliver and Boyd |location=Edinburgh |page=189}} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Skinner |first=John |authorlink=John Skinner (bishop) |title=Annals of Scottish Episcopacy |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsofscottish00skin |year=1818 |publisher=A. Brown & Co |location=Aberbeen |page=533}} 5 : 1660s births|1723 deaths|Scottish Episcopal Church|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|College bishops |
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