Andrew Cant (bishop)

Andrew Cant (1649–1730) was a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church.[1]

He was educated at King's College, Aberdeen[2] and ordained in 1771. He held incumbencies in Leith and Edinburgh. He was consecrated a college bishop (i.e. a bishop without a diocese) on 17 October 1722 by Bishop John Fullarton.

He died on 21 April 1730.[3]

References
  1. DNB
  2. "Annals of Aberdeen, from the Reign of King William the Lion, to the End of the Year 1818: With an Account of the City, Cathedral, and University of Old Aberdeen, Volume 2" Kennedy, W (Ed) A. Brown and Company, Aberdeen, W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1818
  3. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M pp 21/22: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8


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