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**Patrick Torry**
Styles of; Patrick Torry
Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord or Bishop

The Right Reverend

Patrick Torry
The Right Reverend; Patrick Torry
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
In office	1844-1852
Successor	Charles Wordsworth
Previous post(s)	Bishops of Fife, Dunkeld and Dunblane (1837-1844)
Orders
Ordination	1783
Consecration	12 October 1808; by William Skinner
Personal details
Born	27 December 1763; King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died	3 October 1852 (aged 88); Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buried	St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth
Nationality	Scottish
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Thomas Torry & Jane Watson
Spouse	Christian Kilgour (1787-1789); Jane Young (m.1791)
Children	6

Patrick Torry (1763–1852) was a Scottish Anglican bishop^[1] who served as a bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church during the first half of the 19th century.^[2]

Early life and family

He was born in King Edward, Aberdeenshire on 27 December 1763,^[3] son of Thomas Torry and Jane Watson.^[2] He married twice, firstly in 1787 to Christian Kilgour (died 11 May 1789), daughter of the Rt Revd Robert Kilgour, Bishop of Aberdeen, and secondly in September 1791 to Jane Young, daughter of William Young and Ann Gordon.^[2] He had three sons and three daughters.^[2] His eldest son, John Torry (1800–1879), was incumbent of Coupar Angus and Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.^[2]

Ecclesiastical career

He was ordained in the Anglican ministry as a deacon in 1782 and a priest in 1783.^[2] His first pastoral appointment was as the incumbent at Arradoul and Fochabers from 1782 to 1789,^[4] followed by incumbent at Peterhead from 1789 to June 1837.^[2]

He was consecrated as Bishop of Dunkeld and Dunblane at Aberdeen on 12 October 1808 by Primus Skinner, with bishops Macfarlane and Jolly serving as co-consecrators.^[2] His united sees were merged with the bishopric of Fife in 1837, with the combined episcopal title was renamed to Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in 1844.^[2]^[5]

With assistance of the Reverend Alexander Lendrum, Incumbent of Muthill, he produced a Scottish Prayer Book in 1851 which was censured by the College of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church.^[2]

He died in office at Peterhead on 3 October 1852,^[6] aged 88, and was buried at St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth.^[2]

References

^ Neale, Rev. J. M. (1856). The Life and Times of Patrick Torry, D.D., Bishop of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane : with an appendix on the Scottish liturgy. London: Joseph Masters.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Bertie 2000, Scottish Episcopal Clergy, p. 464.
^ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries". The Morning Chronicle. No. 26767. London, England. 8 October 1852.
^ "Patrick Torry", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Pollard, A. F (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
^ Diocesan web site
^ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries". The Examiner. No. 2332. London, England. 9 October 1852.

Bibliography

Bertie, David M. (2000). Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. ISBN 0567087468.

External links

Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury

Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded by Jonathan Watson (Bishop of Dunkeld)	Bishop of Dunkeld and Dunblane 1808–1837	The two sees united with Fife
Preceded by Charles Rose (Bishop of Dunblane)	Bishop of Dunkeld and Dunblane 1808–1837	The two sees united with Fife
New title	Bishop of Fife, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1837–1844	Title renamed
New title	Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1844–1852	Succeeded by Charles Wordsworth