Country Scotland Area 31,080 km² Cathedral St Columba's Cathedral | Parishes 25 Bishop Brian McGee Phone +44 1631 567436 | |
Territory Most of Argyll and Bute, southern part of Highland, and Outer Hebrides, plus the Isle of Arran Ecclesiastical province St Andrews and Edinburgh Metropolitan St Andrews and Edinburgh Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2012)
76,800
10,850 (14.1%) Address Bishops House, Esplanade, Oban PA34 5AB, UK Profiles |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles (Latin Diocesis Ergadiensis et Insularum) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.
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Overview
The diocese covers an area of 31,080 km² and has a Catholic population of 10,546 (14.1%) out of a total population of 74,546 (2006 figures). The see is in the town of Oban where the seat is located at St. Columba's Cathedral.
History
The diocese was erected on 5 March 1878 following the restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy. On 28 December 2015 Pope Francis appointed Father Brian McGee to succeed the Right Reverend Joseph Toal as eleventh Bishop of Argyll and the Isles.
Timeline
After its establishment in 1878, the seat of the diocese was in various buildings each overlapping the same site:
Past and present ordinaries
The following is a list of the Bishops of Argyll and the Isles: