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Diocese of

Motherwell

United Kingdom

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Glasgow

Address: Diocesan Centre, Coursington Road, Motherwell ML1 1PP, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Phone: (01698) 269.114

Website:

History

1947.05.25: Established as Diocese of Motherwell / Matrisfontis (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Glasgow and Diocese of Galloway)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Present Prelates

Bishop (1983.05.13 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Devine (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Motherwell (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Devine (75)
(1983.05.13 – ...)

Sectamini caritatem

Born:	1937.08.07 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.31

Titular Bishop of Voli (1977.05.05 – 1983.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (United Kingdom) (1977.05.05 – 1983.05.13)

Bishop of Motherwell (United Kingdom) (1983.05.13 – ...)

Bishop Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson
(1964.12.08 – 1982.12.14)

Born:	1917.05.15 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.02.24
Died:	1987.12.06 († 70)

Bishop of Motherwell (United Kingdom) (1964.12.08 – 1982.12.14)

Bishop James Donald Scanlan (later Archbishop)
(1955.05.23 – 1964.01.29)

Born:	1899.01.24 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1929.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.06.20
Died:	1976.03.25 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Cyme (1946.04.27 – 1949.05.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld (United Kingdom) (1946.04.27 – 1949.05.31)

Bishop of Dunkeld (United Kingdom) (1949.05.31 – 1955.05.23)

Bishop of Motherwell (United Kingdom) (1955.05.23 – 1964.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (United Kingdom) (1964.01.29 – 1974.04.23)

Bishop Edward Wilson Douglas
(1948.02.07 – 1954.02.09)

Born:	1901.08.21 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:	1924.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.04.21
Died:	1967.06.12 († 65)

Bishop of Motherwell (United Kingdom) (1948.02.07 – 1954.02.09)

Titular Bishop of Botrys (1954.02.09 – 1967.06.12)

as of 2013.05.25

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