Alexander Inglis

{{Short description|Scottish cleric and royal clerk}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| name = Alexander Inglis

| title = Bishop of Dunkeld (elect)

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| church = Roman Catholic Church

| archdiocese =

| diocese =

| see = Diocese of Dunkeld

| term = 1483–4

| predecessor = James Livingston

| successor = George Brown

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| consecration = 1476

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| birth_date = 1400s

| birth_place = Probably Scotland

| death_date = 1496

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| previous_post = Dean of Dunkeld (1470–96);
Archdeacon of St Andrews (1480–96)

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Alexander Inglis (died 1496) was a Scottish cleric and royal clerk. He was the son of one George Inglis and his wife Margeret.Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 78. At some point in his life he had attended university and obtained a Licentiate in Decrees. In 1477 he became Dean of the diocese of Dunkeld,Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 105. and in 1480 became Archdeacon of St Andrews.Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 307–8. On 17 September 1483, after the death of Bishop James Livingston, he was elected to succeed the latter as Bishop of Dunkeld.Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 98; Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 78. Inglis ran into difficulty on 22 October, when the Chancellor of the diocese of Aberdeen, George Brown, was also provided as Bishop of Dunkeld. Inglis was styled Bishop-elect in Scotland until 1485,Dowden, Bishops of Scotland, p. 79. but on 13 June 1484, Brown had been consecrated at the Papal see.Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, p. 98. Inglis continued to hold his previous posts as Archdeacon and Dean until his death in 1496.Watt, Fasti Ecclesiae, pp. 98, 105, 307-8.