The Archdeacon of Orkney was the head of the Archdeaconry of Orkney, a sub-division of the Diocese of Orkney in Scotland. This archdeacon was one of the two archdeacons of the diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Shetland.
List of known archdeacons of Orkney William, 1309–1310 William de Buchan, 1369-1372 (afterwards Archdeacon of Shetland). Johne Thome, x 1429 John Patrickson, 1419 William Brown, 1420 Thomas de Greenlaw, 1422–1424 Simon de Greenlaw, 1422 Andrew de Tulloch, 1435-1447 x 1448 Thomas Etal, 1438 Christopher Gynnis, 1448–1449 Nicholas Blair, 1449 Andrew Wishart, 1451-1456 x 1461 James Kinnaird, 1465–1481 Humphrey Clerk, 1513 John Tyrie, 1527-1559 x Gilbert Foulsie, 1561–1580 Thomas Swentoun, 1586-1626 x 1627 Francis Liddell, 1627–1635
References
Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 359–61