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{{Short description|List article of bishops of the Scottish church}}
{{about|the bishop of the Scottish church|the bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church|Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}

The '''Bishop of Aberdeen''' (originally '''Bishop of Mortlach''', in Latin '''Murthlacum''') was the ecclesiastical head of the [[Diocese of Aberdeen]], one of Scotland's 13 [[medieval]] bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named [[Nechtan of Aberdeen|Nechtan]]. It appears that the episcopal seat had previously been at [[Mortlach, Banffshire|Mortlach]] (Mòrthlach), but was moved to [[Aberdeen]] during the reign of King [[David I of Scotland]]. The names of three bishops of Mortlach are known, the latter two of whom, "Donercius" and "Cormauch" (Cormac), by name only. The Bishop of Aberdeen broke communion with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] after the [[Scottish Reformation]].  Following the [[Glorious Revolution|Revolution of 1688]], the office was abolished in the [[Church of Scotland]], but continued in the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]. A [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen]] was recreated in 1878.

==Pre-Reformation bishops==
{{see also|Diocese of Aberdeen#Early history}}

===List of known bishops of Mortlach===
{{see also|Dufftown#Episcopal see}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="3" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Mortlach
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 24%;" | Tenure
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | fl. 1012
| '''[[Beóán of Mortlach]]'''
| One of the four known bishops of Mortlach. Known from other sources.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | c. 1000s (decade)
| '''"[[Donercius]]"'''
| One of the four known bishops of Mortlach. Nothing more is known.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | c. 1000s (decade)
| '''[[Cormac of Mortlach]]'''
| One of the four known bishops of Mortlach. Nothing more is known.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | fl. 1131/2
| '''[[Nechtan of Aberdeen]]'''
| Became first Bishop of Aberdeen in April 1132

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|align=center colspan="3"|Source(s):<ref name=crockfordsweb927>{{cite web |url=http://www.crockford.org.uk/listing.asp?id=927 |title=Historical successions: Aberdeen |work=Crockford's Clerical Directory |access-date=14 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Dowden|1912}}, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', pp. 97–98.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 317.</ref>
|}

===List of known bishops of Aberdeen===
The Bishopric of Aberdeen, as the Bishopric of Aberdeen, appears to date from the 1130s, as does the list of known bishops. 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Pre-Reformation Bishops of Aberdeen
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | fl. 1131/2
| '''[[Nechtan of Aberdeen]]'''
| Previously Bishop of Mortlach, moved to Aberdeen April 1132.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | fl. 1147/51-1171
| '''[[Edward of Aberdeen]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1172
| style="text-align: center;" | 1199
| '''[[Matthew (bishop of Aberdeen)|Matthew]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1199
| style="text-align: center;" | 1207
| '''[[John of Kelso]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1207
| style="text-align: center;" | 1228
| '''[[Adam de Kald]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1228
| style="text-align: center;" | 1229
| [[Matthew the Scot]] ''(bishop-elect)''
| Matthew or Mata had been the chancellor of [[William the Lion]], King of Scots. He was postulated to the see of Aberdeen, before in turn being postulated to the higher ranking see of [[Bishop of Dunkeld|Dunkeld]]. At any rate, he died before consecration. His name indicates that he was a [[Gaels|Gael]], but we do not know anything else about his background.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1228
| style="text-align: center;" | 1239
| '''[[Gilbert de Stirling]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1239
| style="text-align: center;" | 1247
| '''[[Radulf de Lamley]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1247
| style="text-align: center;" | 1256
| '''[[Peter de Ramsay]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1256
| style="text-align: center;" | 1270/2
| '''[[Richard de Potton]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1272
| style="text-align: center;" | 1281/2
| '''[[Hugh de Benin]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1282
| style="text-align: center;" | 1328
| '''[[Henry le Chen]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1329
| [[Walter Herok]] ''(bishop-elect)''
| He died at Avignon, perhaps before being consecrated.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1329
| style="text-align: center;" | 1343/4
| '''[[Alexander de Kininmund (died 1344)|Alexander de Kininmund]]''' ''(I.)''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1344
| style="text-align: center;" | 1350
| '''[[William de Deyn]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1350
| style="text-align: center;" | 1354/5
| '''[[John de Rait]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1355
| style="text-align: center;" | 1380
| '''[[Alexander de Kininmund (died 1380)|Alexander de Kininmund]]''' ''(II.)''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | 1380
| [[Simon de Ketenis]] ''(bishop-elect)''
| Elected by chapter sometime after 31 August, but was provided instead as [[Dean of Aberdeen]] on 18 November 1380.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1380
| style="text-align: center;" | 1389
| '''[[Adam de Tyninghame]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1389
| style="text-align: center;" | 1421
| '''[[Gilbert de Greenlaw]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1422
| style="text-align: center;" | 1440
| '''[[Henry de Lichton]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Moray|Moray]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1441
| style="text-align: center;" | 1458
| '''[[Ingram Lindsay]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1458
| style="text-align: center;" | 1480
| '''[[Thomas Spens]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Galloway|Galloway]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1480
| style="text-align: center;" | 1483
| [[Robert Blackadder]] ''(bishop-elect)''
| Translated to Galloway.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1483
| style="text-align: center;" | 1514
| '''[[William Elphinstone]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Ross (Scotland)|Ross]]; he is one of the greatest of all medieval Scottish bishops, and is remembered today for, among other things, founding the [[University of Aberdeen]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1514/5
| style="text-align: center;" | 1518
| '''[[Alexander Gordon (bishop of Aberdeen)|Alexander Gordon]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | bef. 1515
| style="text-align: center;" | 1516
| '''[[Robert Forman]]'''
| Provided by Pope, but resigned without ever possessing.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1518
| style="text-align: center;" | 1532
| '''[[Gavin Dunbar (bishop of Aberdeen)|Gavin Dunbar]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1529
| style="text-align: center;" | 1531
| [[George Learmond]] ''(coadjutor bishop only)''
| Learmond had been appointed Dunbar's successor in 1529, but he died before Dunbar did.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1532
| style="text-align: center;" | 1545
| '''[[William Stewart (bishop of Aberdeen)|William Stewart]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1545
| style="text-align: center;" | 1577
| '''[[William Gordon (bishop)|William Gordon]]'''
| Because of the [[Scottish Reformation]] of 1560, he was the last bishop owing allegiance to Rome.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|align=center colspan=4|Source(s):<ref name="crockfordsweb927"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', pp. 301–302.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Dowden|1912}}, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', pp. 98–143.</ref>
|}

==Post-Reformation bishops==

===Church of Scotland succession===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Church of Scotland Bishops of Aberdeen
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1577
| style="text-align: center;" | 1600
| '''[[David Cunningham (bishop)|David Cunningham]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1600
| style="text-align: center;" | 1616
| '''[[Peter Blackburn (bishop)|Peter Blackburn]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1616
| style="text-align: center;" | 1617
| '''[[Alexander Forbes (bishop of Aberdeen)|Alexander Forbes]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Caithness|Caithness]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1618
| style="text-align: center;" | 1635
| '''[[Patrick Forbes (bishop of Aberdeen)|Patrick Forbes]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1635
| style="text-align: center;" | 1638
| '''[[Adam Bellenden]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Dunblane|Dunblane]]; died in 1648.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1638
| style="text-align: center;" | 1662
| colspan="2" | ''Bishops were abolished in Scotland during the Interregnum.''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1662
| style="text-align: center;" | 1663
| '''[[David Mitchel]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1663
| style="text-align: center;" | 1664
| '''[[Alexander Burnet]]'''
| Translated to [[Archbishop of Glasgow|Glasgow]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1664
| style="text-align: center;" | 1682
| '''[[Patrick Scougal]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1682
| style="text-align: center;" | ''1689''
| '''[[George Haliburton (bishop of Aberdeen)|George Haliburton]]'''
| Deprived of the [[temporalities]] when [[episcopacy]] was permanently abolished in the [[Church of Scotland]] in 1689. Continued as a [[Nonjuring schism|nonjuring]] bishop in the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|align=center colspan=4|Source(s):<ref name="crockfordsweb927"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1986}}, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', pp. 302–303.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Scott|1928}}, ''Fasti Ecclesae Scoticanae, volume 7'', pp. 392–402.</ref>
|}

===Scottish Episcopal Church succession===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Scottish Episcopal Church Bishops of Aberdeen
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ''1689''
| style="text-align: center;" | 1715
| '''[[George Haliburton (bishop of Aberdeen)|George Haliburton]]'''
| After the [[Glorious Revolution]], he continued as a [[Nonjuring schism|nonjuring]] bishop

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1715
| style="text-align: center;" | 1721
| colspan=2| ''See vacant''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1721
| style="text-align: center;" | 1724
| '''[[Archibald Campbell (bishop)|Archibald Campbell]]'''
| Resigned.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1724
| style="text-align: center;" | 1733
| '''[[James Gadderar]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1733
| style="text-align: center;" | 1746
| '''[[William Dunbar (bishop)|William Dunbar]]'''
| Translated from [[Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness|Moray]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1747
| style="text-align: center;" | 1767
| '''[[Andrew Gerard]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1768
| style="text-align: center;" | 1786
| '''[[Robert Kilgour]]'''
| Also [[Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church|Primus]] (1778–1788); resigned.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1786
| style="text-align: center;" | 1816
| '''[[John Skinner (bishop)|John Skinner]]'''
| Also Primus (1788–1816).

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1816
| style="text-align: center;" | 1857
| '''[[William Skinner (bishop)|William Skinner]]'''
| Also Primus (1841–1857); son of the preceding.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1857
| style="text-align: center;" | ''1864''
| '''[[Thomas Suther]]'''
| Became '''[[Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney]]'''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
|align=center colspan=4|Source(s):<ref name="crockfordsweb927"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Scott|1928}}, ''Fasti Ecclesae Scoticanae, volume 7'', pp. 402–411.</ref>
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Aberdeen and Orkney
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 10%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 33%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 42%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1865
| style="text-align: center;" | 1883
| '''[[Thomas Suther]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1883
| style="text-align: center;" | 1905
| '''[[Arthur Douglas (bishop)|Arthur Douglas]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1906
| style="text-align: center;" | 1911
| '''[[Rowland Ellis (bishop)|Rowland Ellis]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1912
| style="text-align: center;" | 1917
| '''[[Anthony Mitchell (bishop)|Anthony Mitchell]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1917
| style="text-align: center;" | 1943
| '''[[Frederic Deane]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1943
| style="text-align: center;" | 1955
| '''[[Herbert Hall (bishop)|Herbert Hall]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1956
| style="text-align: center;" | 1972
| '''[[Frederick Easson]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1973
| style="text-align: center;" | 1976
| '''[[Ian Begg]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1976
| style="text-align: center;" | 1991
| '''[[Frederick Darwent]]'''
|
|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 1991
| style="text-align: center;" | 2006
| '''[[Bruce Cameron (bishop)|Bruce Cameron]]'''
| Installed 1992, [[Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church|Primus]] 2000–2006.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2006
| style="text-align: center;" | 2016<ref>[http://www.scotland.anglican.org/bishop-aberdeen-orkney-announces-his-retirement/ Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney announces his retirement.]</ref>
| '''[[Bob Gillies|Robert (Bob) Gillies]]'''

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2018
| style="text-align: center;" | Incumbent<ref>[https://www.scotland.anglican.org/rt-rev-anne-dyer-bishop-aberdeen-orkney/ The Rt Rev Anne Dyer, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney.]</ref>
| '''[[Anne Dyer]]'''
| First female bishop in the SEC
|}

===Restored Roman Catholic succession===
(Any dates appearing in italics indicate ''de facto '' continuation of office.  The start date of tenure below is the date of appointment or succession. Where known, the date of installation and ordination as bishop are listed in the notes together with the post held prior to appointment.)

The modern Bishop of Aberdeen is the [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|Ordinary]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen]] in the [[Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh]]. The diocese covers 29,068&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.  The [[Episcopal see|see]] is in the [[Aberdeen|City of Aberdeen]] where the seat is located at the [[St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen|Cathedral Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption]]. The [[Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District (Scotland)|Apostolic Vicariate of the Northern District]] (formerly the Apostolic Vicariate of the Highland District) was elevated to diocese status on 4 March 1878.  The current bishop is the Right Reverend '''[[Hugh Gilbert (bishop)|Hugh Gilbert]]''', 11th Bishop of Aberdeen.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Vicars Apostolic of the Highland District
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 16 September 1727
| style="text-align: center;" | 19 September 1727
| Father '''[[Alexander John Grant]]'''
| Died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 12 February 1731
| style="text-align: center;" | 12 March 1773
| Bishop '''[[Hugh MacDonald (vicar apostolic)|Hugh MacDonald]]'''
| Priest; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 12 March 1773
| style="text-align: center;" | 9 May 1779
| Bishop '''[[John MacDonald (vicar apostolic)|John MacDonald]]'''
| Previously coadjutor Vicar Apostolic; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 30 September 1779
| style="text-align: center;" | 9 September 1791
| Bishop '''[[Alexander MacDonald (vicar apostolic)|Alexander MacDonald]]'''
| Priest; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 8 November 1791
| style="text-align: center;" | 8 July 1814
| Bishop '''[[John Chisholm (Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District)|John Chisholm]]'''
| Priest; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 8 July 1814
| style="text-align: center;" | 31 July 1818
| Bishop '''[[Aeneas Chisholm (vicar apostolic)|Aeneas Chisholm]]'''
| Previously coadjutor Vicar Apostolic; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 27 August 1819
| style="text-align: center;" | 13 February 1827
| Bishop '''[[Ranald MacDonald (bishop)|Ranald MacDonald]]'''
| Became Vicar Apostolic of the Western District.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Vicars Apostolic of the Northern District
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 13 February 1827
| style="text-align: center;" | 23 February 1869
| Bishop '''[[James Kyle (bishop)|James Kyle]]'''
| Priest; died in office

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 23 February 1869
| style="text-align: center;" | ''15 March 1878''
| Bishop '''[[John MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen)|John MacDonald]]'''
| Previously coadjutor Vicar Apostolic; became '''Bishop of Aberdeen'''.

|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Roman Catholic Bishops of Aberdeen
|-
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | From
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 12%;" | Until
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 26%;" | Incumbent
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB; width: 45%;" | Notes

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | ''15 March 1878''
| style="text-align: center;" | 4 February 1889
| '''John MacDonald'''
| Previously '''Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District'''; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 16 July 1889
| style="text-align: center;" | 26 September 1889
| '''[[Colin Grant (bishop)|Colin Grant]]'''
| Priest; ordained 13 August 1889; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 14 August 1890
| style="text-align: center;" | 29 May 1898
| '''[[Hugh MacDonald (bishop of Aberdeen)|Hugh MacDonald]]''' CSSR
| Priest of the [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer]]; ordained 23 October 1890; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 7 January 1899
| style="text-align: center;" | 13 January 1918
| '''[[Aeneas Chisholm (bishop of Aberdeen)|Aeneas Chisholm]]'''
| Priest; ordained 24 February 1899; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 18 June 1918
| style="text-align: center;" | 25 December 1946
| '''[[George Bennett (bishop)|George Bennett]]'''
| Priest; ordained 1 August 1918; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 August 1947
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 July 1950
| '''[[John Matheson (bishop)|John Matheson]]'''
| Priest; ordained 24 September 1947; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 20 June 1951
| style="text-align: center;" | 22 July 1963
| '''[[Francis Walsh (bishop)|Francis Walsh]]''' MAfr
| Priest of the [[White Fathers|Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)]] ; ordained 12 September 1951; resigned.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 8 December 1964
| style="text-align: center;" | 28 May 1976
| '''[[Michael Foylan]]'''
| Priest; ordained 25 March 1965; died in office.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 28 February 1977
| style="text-align: center;" | 15 January 2002
| '''[[Mario Conti]]'''
| Priest of Aberdeen; ordained 3 May 1977; translated to [[Archbishop of Glasgow|Glasgow]].

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 13 October 2003
| style="text-align: center;" | 4 June 2011
| '''[[Peter Moran]]'''
| Priest of Aberdeen; ordained 1 December 2003; resigned 4 June 2011.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: white;"
| style="text-align: center;" | 4 June 2011
| style="text-align: center;" | present
| '''[[Hugh Gilbert (bishop)|Hugh Gilbert]]''' [[Order of St Benedict|OSB]]
| [[Pluscarden Abbey|Abbot of Pluscarden]] (1992-2011); appointed 4 June 2011; ordained 15 August 2011.

|- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;"
|align=center colspan=4|Source(s):<ref name=chdaber>{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|daber|Diocese of Aberdeen|14 June 2013}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[Bishops in the Church of Scotland]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Dowden |first=John |author-link=John Dowden |editor1-last=Thomson |editor1-first=J. Maitland |title=The Bishops of Scotland |url=https://archive.org/details/bishopsofscotlan00dowduoft |year=1912 |publisher=James Maclehose and Son |location=Glasgow }} 
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Fryde |editor1-first=E. B. |editor2-last=Greenway |editor2-first=D. E. |editor3-last=Porter |editor3-first=S. |editor4-last=Roy |editor4-first=I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd, reprinted 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
* {{cite book |last=Scott |first=Hew |title=Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae |url=https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc07scot |volume=7 |edition=New |year=1928 |publisher=Oliver and Boyd |location=Edinburgh }} 
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310212515/http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/History/Scottish/Level1/level1C-material.htm#Bishops%20North%20of%20the%20Forth Dauvit Broun's list of 12th century Scottish Bishops]
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{{Catholic Church in Scotland}}

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