 After the death of his friend Bishop Enguerrand , Jocelin was elevated to the bishopric of Glasgow . He was elected on 23 May 1174 . The election , like many other Scottish episcopal elections of the period , was done in the presence of the king , William the Lion , at Perth , near Scone , the chief residence of Scotland 's kings . The election was probably done by compromissarii , meaning that the general chapter of the bishopric of Glasgow had selected a small group to which they delegated the power of election . Pope Alexander III was later told that Jocelin was elected by the dean and chapter of the see . The Chronicle of Melrose states that he was elected " by demand of the clergy , and of the people ; and with the consent of the king himself " , perhaps indicating that the decision had already been made by the Glasgow clergy before the formal election at Perth . The election was certainly an achievement . Cistercian bishops were rare in Great Britain , and Jocelin was only the second Cistercian to ascend a Scottish bishopric . Jocelin was required to go to France to obtain permission from the General Chapter of the Cistercian order at Cîteaux to resign the abbacy . Pope Alexander III had already sanctioned his consecration , and gave permission for the consecration to occur without forcing Jocelin to travel to Rome . Conveniently , it was at Cistercian house of Clairvaux that , sometime before 15 March 1175 , Jocelin was consecrated by the Papal legate Eskil , Archbishop of Lund and Primate of Denmark . Jocelin had returned to the Kingdom of Scotland by 10 April , and it is known that on 23 May he had consecrated a monk named Laurence as his successor at Melrose . 
