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Diocese of

Galloway

Scotland Scotland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 9,794 km²

Population: 41,350 Catholics (7.9% of 520,290 total) (2019)

Statistics: 37 parishes, 41 priests (33 diocesan, 8 religious), 7 deacons, 26 lay religious (8 brothers, 18 sisters), 2 seminarians (2019)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

Neighbouring Dioceses: Paisley (↑), Motherwell (↗), Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (→), Lancaster (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Patron Saint: Saint Ninian of Whithorn (September 16)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 11

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Address: Bishop's House, Candida Casa, 8 Corsehill Road, Ayr KA7 2ST, Scotland

Phone: (01292)266.750

Website: Link

History

Special Churches

All Churches (47)

Paisley (↑), Motherwell (↗), Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (→), Lancaster (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Galloway (Roman Rite)

Archbishop William Nolan (68)Bishop William Nolan (68) (later Archbishop)Permalink
(2014.11.22 – 2022.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland)

Sibilus auræ tenuis

Born:1954.01.26 (Motherwell, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1977.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:2015.02.14

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (2014.11.22 – 2022.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (2022.02.04 – ...)

Bishop John CunninghamPermalink
(2004.04.07 – 2014.11.22)

Worship witness service

Born:1938.02.22 (Paisley, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2004.05.28
Died:2021.12.01 (Greenock, Scotland † 83)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (2004.04.07 – 2014.11.22)

Bishop Maurice Taylor (96)Bishop Maurice Taylor (96)Permalink
(1981.04.04 – 2004.04.07)

Bishop emeritus of Galloway (Scotland)

Ambula coram Deo

Born:1926.05.05 (Hamilton, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1950.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1981.06.09

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1981.04.04 – 2004.04.07)

Bishop Joseph Michael McGeePermalink
(1952.07.19 – 1981.04.04)

Born:1904.12.13 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1929.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1952.11.11
Died:1983.03.05 († 78)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1952.07.19 – 1981.04.04)

Bishop William Henry MellonPermalink
(1943.12.24 – 1952.02.02)

Fides Petri in sede Petri

Born:1877.01.06 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1902.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:1935.10.28
Died:1952.02.02 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Daulia (1935.08.21 – 1943.12.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1935.08.21 – 1943.12.24)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1943.12.24 – 1952.02.02)

Bishop James William McCarthyPermalink
(1914.05.25 – 1943.12.24)

Born:1853.01.30 (England)
Ordained Priest:1879.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:1914.06.09
Died:1943.12.24 († 90)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1914.05.25 – 1943.12.24)

Bishop William TurnerPermalink
(1893.06.16 – 1914.01.19)

Born:1844.12.12 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1868.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:1893.07.25
Died:1914.01.19 († 69)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1893.06.16 – 1914.01.19)

Bishop John McLachlanPermalink
(1878.03.22 – 1893.01.16)

Born:1826.09.07 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1850.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1878.05.23
Died:1893.01.16 († 66)

Bishop of Galloway (Scotland) (1878.03.22 – 1893.01.16)

Bishops of Whithorn (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Alexander GordonPermalink
(1559 – 1575.11.11)

Born: (Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:1550
Died:1575.11.11

Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1550.03.05 – 1551.09.04)

Titular Archbishop of Athenæ (Greece) (1551.09.04 – 1575.11.11)

Bishop of Sodor (Scotland) (1554 – 1559)

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1559 – 1575.11.11)

Bishop Andrew DuriePermalink
(1541 – 1558.09)

Born: (Scotland)
Died:1558.09

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1541 – 1558.09)

Bishop Henry WemyssPermalink
(1526 – 1541.03)

Born: (Scotland)
Died:1541.03

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1526 – 1541.03)

Bishop David ArnotPermalink
(1509 – 1526.01.23)

Born: (Scotland)
Died:1536

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1509 – 1526.01.23)

Archbishop-elect James BeatonPermalink
(1508 – 1508)

Born:1473 (Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:1509.04.15
Died:1539 († 66)

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1508 – 1508)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1508 – 1522)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews (Scotland) (1522 – 1539)

Bishop George VausPermalink
(1482.12.09 – 1508.01)

Born: (Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:1483
Died:1508.01

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1482.12.09 – 1508.01)

Bishop Ninian SpotPermalink
(1458.12.15 – 1482)

Born: (Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:1459
Died:1482

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1458.12.15 – 1482)

Bishop Thomas SpensPermalink
(1450 – 1458)

Born:1415 (Scotland)
Died:1480.04.14 († 65)

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1450 – 1458)

Bishop of Aberdeen (Scotland) (1458 – 1480.04.14)

Bishop Alexander de VausPermalink
(1422 – 1450)

Bishop of Kirkwall (Scotland) (1398? – 1414)

Bishop of Caithness (Scotland) (1414 – 1422)

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (1422 – 1450)

Bishop ÆthelberhtPermalink
(777 – 789?)

Died:797.10.16

Bishop of Whithorn (Scotland) (777 – 789?)

Bishop of Hexham (England) (789? – 797.10.16)

Former Prelates

as of 2022.08.06

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