James Bruce (bishop)

He was the son of one Robert Bruce, a middling landowner in Clackmannanshire.^[1] He was rector of Kilmany (Fife), and Archdeacon of Dunkeld. In 1441, on the death of Alexander Lawedre, bishop-elect of Dunkeld, James Bruce was elected as bishop. He was consecrated at Dunfermline on 4 February 1442. He celebrated his first festive mass on the feast of St. Adomnán, i.e. 23 September. His rule in Dunkeld came to an end when, on 3 February 1447, he was translated to the bishopric of Glasgow. His time as bishop of Glasgow was, however, short. He died in Edinburgh in 1447, probably at the end of the summer. He was buried in St Mary's chapel, Dunfermline.

• Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)

Religious titles
Preceded by Alexander de Lawedre (unconsecrated) James Kennedy	Bishop of Dunkeld 1441/2–47	Succeeded by William Turnbull
Preceded by James Cameron	Bishop of Glasgow 1441/2–47	Succeeded by William Turnbull
Political offices
Preceded by James Kennedy	Chancellor of Scotland 1444–47	Succeeded by William Crichton