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Up for sale a RARE! "Bishop of Aberdeen" John Skinner Hand Signed Album Page.
July 1816) was an Anglican clergyman who served as
the Bishop of Aberdeen from
1786 to 1816 and Primus of
the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1788 to 1816. He was born 17 May 1744, the second son of the
Reverend John Skinner, Incumbent of Lerwick and Grissel Hunter. He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; obtaining a Master of Arts degree in 1761. He married in 1765 to Mary
Robertson (1736–1807), and they had five sons and three daughters. One of
their sons, John (1769–1841), and Bishop of Aberdeen.
He was ordained a deacon in 1763 and a priest in 1764. His first pastoral appointment was as and then the Incumbent of Aberdeen
(1775–1816), a post he held until his death. Skinner was appointed coadjutor 25 September 1782 by was one of the three bishops to
consecrate Samuel Seabury, an
American Episcopal priest as a bishop in 1784.[1] On the resignation of Bishop Robert Kilgour, Skinner became Bishop of Aberdeen in October
1786. Two years later, he also became the Primus of
the Scottish Episcopal Church. He died in office in
Aberdeen on 13 July 1816, aged 72, and was buried at Spital, Old Aberdeen.[1][5] He was succeeded by his son, William, as Bishop of
Aberdeen.
