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Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane

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Congregations
  
53

Ecclesiastical province
  
Phone
  
+44 1738 443173

Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane

Address
  
28A Balhousie St, Perth PH1 5HJ, UK

Cathedral
  
St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth

Similar
  
St Ninians Cathedral, Saint John the Baptist, St John the Baptist RC Chur, St Pauls Episcopal Cathedral, St Columba's Episcopal

The Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is centred on St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, and covers Fife, Perth and Kinross, Clackmannanshire, and eastern and central Stirling (western Stirling is in the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway). The current Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is the Most Reverend David Chillingworth, who is also Primus of the Church. He ministered in the Church of Ireland before his consecration as bishop.

The diocese continues the titles of three ancient Scottish dioceses. The Diocese of St Andrews was founded in 906 and was raised to an archdiocese in 1465. Throughout the Scottish Reformation the diocese continued under the auspices of moderate, Episcopalian reformers. From 1704 till 1726, the archbishopric was vacant, until it was recreated as the Diocese of Fife. In 1842, the diocese, no longer an archdiocese, was moved back to St Andrews and united with the Diocese of Dunkeld and Dunblane.

The Diocese of Dunkeld is thought to have begun in the 9th century, but the first reliable date is that of the consecration of Cormac as bishop in 1114. The line of bishops continued with only a few vacancies until, in 1842, the diocese was united with St Andrews. In 1878, the Roman Catholic Church revived the Diocese of Dunkeld as part of its structures in Scotland.

The Diocese of Dunblane was founded in 1162. Its line of bishops continued with a few vacancies until it was united with the Diocese of Dunkeld in 1776.

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Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane Wikipedia


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