James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (born 1613)

James Sharp (bishop)

Scottish Church of Scotland bishop (1618-1679)

James Sharp, or Sharpe, was a minister in the Church of Scotland, or kirk, who served as Archbishop of St Andrews from 1661 to 1679. His support for Episcopalianism, or governance by bishops, brought him into conflict with elements of the kirk who advocated Presbyterianism. He…