Diocese of Aberdeen
Aberdonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aberdeen, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Aberdeen is a Latin rite diocese covering northern Scotland including Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, much of Highland, Orkney and Shetland. The medieval see originated at Mortlach in 1012 and moved to Aberdeen in 1132; the modern diocese was restored on 4 March 1878 by Pope Leo XIII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, with its seat at St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1878
- Latin
- Aberdonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000587
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 18,500
- Population
- 728,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.5%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 597
- Extent
- 29,068 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Hugh Gilbert, OSB
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral, Aberdeen stands in Aberdeen, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and EdinburghSaint Andrews and Edinburgh
- Diocese of Argyll and The IslesArgyll and The Isles
- Diocese of DunkeldDunkeld
- Diocese of GallowayGalloway
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.