Archdiocese of Glasgow
| Archdiocese of Glasgow | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Ecclesiastical province | Glasgow |
| Diocesan bishop | Philip Tartaglia |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mario Joseph Conti |
| surface | 825 km² |
| Parishes | 90 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 810,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 215,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 26.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 134 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 43 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,215 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 57 (December 31, 2014 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 165 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Andrew's Cathedral |
| address | 196 Clyde Street, Glasgow G1 4JY Scotland, Great Britain |
| Website | www.rcag.org.uk |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Motherwell Diocese of Paisley |
The Archdiocese of Glasgow ( Latin : Archidioecesis Glasguensis ) is a metropolitan archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland with its seat in Glasgow . Cathedral is St. Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow. There is also the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway of the Scottish Episcopal Church .
history
The exact time of the establishment of a bishopric in Glasgow is unknown. According to legend, St. Mungo (6th century) is the first bishop. The diocese first gained importance in the 12th century under King David I and Bishop John. Many bishops held high positions in the Scottish Kingdom. The University of Glasgow was built under Bishop William Turnbull in 1451 . Pope Alexander VI In 1492, Glasgow finally made a metropolitan seat with the suffragans Argyll , Dunblane , Dunkeld and Galloway. When the Calvinist Reformation entered Scotland in the 16th century and the Church of Scotland was founded, the old Roman hierarchy fell. The last archbishop, James Beaton II, exiled to France in 1560 and worked there as ambassador and confidante of the future King of the Scots, James VI.
It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that Catholic life began to flourish again in Glasgow. a. through the influx of Irish immigrants, favored by industrial development. On February 13, 1827, the Roman hierarchy in Scotland with the Breve Quanta laetitia by Leo XII. remodeled. Instead of the previous two Apostolic Vicariates " Lowland District " and " Highland District ", the three Vicariates of the Western, Eastern and Northern Districts have now been founded, the first based in Glasgow. This included the city of Glasgow and the counties Argyll, Ayr, Bute, Dunbarton, Inverness (southern part), Lanark, Renfrew, Wigtown and Western Isles. On March 4, 1878, in the course of the restructuring of the Catholic Church in Scotland, with the circumscription bull Ex supremo Apostolatus Glasgow was elevated to an archbishopric, but remained under the jurisdiction of the Congregation De Propaganda Fide until 1908 . Finally, on May 25, 1947, the two dioceses Paisley and Motherwell were established by the Apostolic Constitution Maxime Interest and Glasgow was made a metropolitan seat.
structure
The archbishopric is now divided into the nine deaneries City East (Glasgow), Dumbarton, East End, North, North East, North West, South, South East and West End. The 106 parishes are subordinate to them.
Bishops
For the Bishops, Archbishops and Vicars Apostolic, see List of Archbishops of Glasgow .
Auxiliary Bishops in the Archdiocese of Glasgow were:
- 1894–1902 John Maguire , Titular Bishop of Trocmades, then Archbishop of Glasgow
- 1960–1973 James Ward , Titular Bishop of Sita
- 1971–1974 Thomas Joseph Cardinal Winning , Titular Bishop of Lugmad, later Archbishop of Glasgow
- 1977–1983 Joseph Devine , Titular Bishop of Voli, then Bishop of Motherwell
- 1977–1992 Charles McDonald Renfrew , Titular Bishop of Abula
- 1984–1988 John Aloysius Mone , Titular Bishop of Abercornia, then Bishop of Paisley
