Alexander Young (died 1684) was a Scottish bishop.
At this time King Charles was imposing bishops upon the Scottish Church, which the majority opposed.
These were troubled times in the Scottish Church which eventually resulted in the Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711 effectively splitting the church.
This had been arranged by the Duchess of Lauderdale in order to allow John Paterson, Bishop of Galloway (not John Paterson, Young's predecessor at Ross) to hold the Diocese of Edinburgh.
Young suffered from an ailment and in 1684 travelled to France to have an operation.