- Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway
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Diocese of Galloway
Dioecesis Candidae Casae o GallovidianusLocation Country Scotland Territory Covers the council areas of Dumfries and Galloway, South Ayrshire, most of East Ayrshire and mainland North Ayrshire Ecclesiastical province St Andrews and Edinburgh Metropolitan St Andrews and Edinburgh Coordinates 55°26′55″N 4°37′49″W / 55.44868°N 4.63039°WCoordinates: 55°26′55″N 4°37′49″W / 55.44868°N 4.63039°W Statistics Area 9,332 km2 (3,603 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2006)
493,000
42,000 (8.5%)Parishes 45 Information Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Latin Rite Established 4 March 1878 Cathedral St Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr Secular priests 46 Current leadership Pope Benedict XVI Bishop John Cunningham Metropolitan Archbishop Keith O'Brien Vicars General - Joseph V Boyd
- William McFadden
Emeritus Bishops Maurice Taylor Website www.gallowaydiocese.org.uk The Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway (Latin Dioecesis Candidae Casae o Gallovidianus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. The diocese of Galloway had broken allegiance with Rome in 1560, and disappeared in 1689. It was resurrected by the Roman Catholic Church on March 4, 1878, and is now based in the town of Ayr.
The present bishop of the diocese is the Right Reverend John Cunningham.
Past and present ordinaries
The following is a list of the modern Bishops of Galloway:[1]
- John McLachlan (appointed 22 March 1878 – died 16 January 1893)
- William Turner (appointed 16 June 1893 – died 19 January 1914)
- James William McCarthy (appointed 25 May 1914 – died 24 December 1943)
- William Henry Mellon (succeeded 24 December 1943 – died 2 February 1952)
- Joseph Michael McGee (appointed 19 July 1952 – retired 4 April 1981)
- Maurice Taylor (appointed 4 April 1981 – retired 7 April 2004)
- John Cunningham (current bishop, appointed 7 April 2004)
References
- ^ Diocese of Galloway at Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 5 October 2010.
External links
- Diocese of Galloway
- Giga-Catholic Information
- Catholic Hierarchy
- "Diocese of Galloway". Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06370a.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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