Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway

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Country Scotland Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Ayr Cathedral Phone +44 1292 266750		Denomination Roman Catholic Area 9,332 km² Bishop William Nolan Metropolitan archbishop Leo Cushley

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 Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2013) 520,000 47,700 (9.2%) Address 8 Corsehill Rd, Ayr KA7 2ST, UK Emeritus bishops Maurice Taylor, John Cunningham Similar St Joseph R C Church, St Quivox R C Church, St Pauls R C Church, St Meddan's Church, St Mary's Parish Church

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 William Nolan.

Past and present ordinaries

The following is a list of the modern Bishops of Galloway:

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 (appointed 7 April 2004 - retired 22 November 2014)

William Nolan (appointed 22 November 2014, ordained and installed 14 February 2015)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway Wikipedia

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