Brief History of the Diocese
The diocese is thought to have been founded in 1153 by Bishop Samson. The diocese had a continuous line of bishops until the Reformation, when Donald Campbell (1557) and John Sinclair (1565) were elected Bishops of Brechin, but not consecrated. In 1566, Alexander Campbell was appointed as titular bishop. The line continued in proper form among Episcopalians with Andrew Lamb in 1610. From 1695 until 1709, the diocese was united with the Diocese of Edinburgh, with the latter’s bishop, Alexander Rose, being also Bishop of Brechin. The line of independent bishops of Brechin restarted with John Falconar in 1709, and has continued to the present day. The current Bishop of Brechin is the Right Reverend Dr John Mantle, who was consecrated bishop in October 2005. (Reference: Wikipedia)
The Seven Dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church
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The Diocese of Brechin is one of seven dioceses within the Scottish Episcopal Church and, as such, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Brechin is the smallest of the Scottish dioceses and stretches in a rough backwards `L’ shape from Muchalls and Porthlethen in the North-East, down to Dundee in the South, and across to Glencarse in the South-West. The Cathedral and Administrative Centre are in Dundee. Including the University Chaplaincy and the Cathedral, both in Dundee, there are 26 charges within the diocese – one third of which are in Dundee itself. In addition, the diocese is twinned with the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa, in the United States, and the Diocese of Swaziland, in Southern Africa.