1689, but Bishops of Galloway continued to exist in (then illegal) Episcopal Church of Scotland, that was for Jacobites the real heir of the ancient Church, existed before the Revolution of 1689. Sources Cooper, Thompson, "Gordon, John, D.D. (1644–1726), bishop of Galloway", in Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford, 1890) Cooper, Thompson, "Gordon, John (1644–1726)", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , Retrieved 30 Sept 2007 Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1824) Attribution Citations and notes 1644 births 1726 deaths Bishops of Galloway (Church of Scotland) Anglican bishop converts to Roman Catholicism English Roman Catholics People from Ellon, Aberdeenshire Protestant Jacobites Scottish Jacobites English military chaplains Royal Navy chaplains