Diocese of Argyll and the Isles
| Diocese of Argyll and the Isles | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Ecclesiastical province | Saint Andrews and Edinburgh |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh |
| Diocesan bishop | Brian McGee |
| founding | 1878 |
| surface | 31,080 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 75,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 11,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 14.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 500 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 5 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St Columba's Cathedral , Oban |
| Website | www.rcdai.org.uk |
The Diocese of Argyll and the Isles ( Latin : Dioecesis Ergadiensis et Insularum ) is a bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church located in Scotland . It was on March 5, 1878 in the course of the restructuring of the Catholic Church in Scotland by Pope Leo XIII. with the circumscription bull Ex supremo apostolatus apice and has its seat in Oban . Today it consists of three deaneries and is rural in character. The bishops of the diocese are members of the Scottish Bishops' Conference .
The diocese unites the territory of the medieval dioceses Argyll and Sodor & Mann (or the Isles). The name addition the Isles refers to the Hebrides .
There is also a diocese of the same name, the Scottish Episcopal Church , which is part of the Anglican Church .
