John Fraser (bishop)

John Fraser
Bishop of Ross
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Ross
In office	1497–1507
Predecessor	John Guthrie
Successor	Robert Cockburn
Orders
Consecration	By 3 January 1499
Personal details
Born	unknown unknown
Died	1507
Previous post	Provost of Abernethy (×1476–1489×1499) Dean of Restalrig ( 1487–1498)

John Fraser [also, more commonly then, Frisel or Frisell] (died 1507) was a late medieval Scottish prelate. Born about 1429, or 1430 if later tradition can be believed, with strong connections to the burgh of Linlithgow, Fraser held a variety of high-level ecclesiastical positions in Scotland, including being the first Dean of Restalrig collegiate church (which he helped to found) before becoming Bishop of Ross in 1497, a position he held until his death in 1507.

Fraser was a university graduate, M. A., and he seems to have been the John Fraser who was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of St Andrews in 1479. He is found as Provost of the collegiate church of Abernethy on 2 February 1476; it is not known when he obtained this position, and the latest documentation of a previous provost occurs all the way back on 13 March 1445. He can be found as the Official of the diocese of Dunblane on 26 August 1476. He was litigating to gain the precentorship of Elgin Cathedral in 1480, although nothing more of this is heard. He is found as rector of the parish church of Douglas on 28 August 1481. After the election of Robert Blackadder as Bishop of Aberdeen on 14 July 1480, Fraser received provision to the now vacant position of Archdeacon of Aberdeen; he did not secure the position because of the lack of royal support, but was still claiming the position in 1488.

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