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Diocese of Dunkeld

Dunkelden(sis)

The Diocese of Dunkeld is a Latin rite diocese covering Dundee, Angus, Perth and Kinross and parts of Stirling and Fife in Scotland. A medieval see with roots in the ninth century, the modern diocese was restored on 4 March 1878 by Pope Leo XIII and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. Its seat is St Andrew's Cathedral in Dundee.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
20 June 1107
Latin
Dunkelden(sis)
Annuario code
001001335

The see in figures

Catholics
63,260
Population
333,101
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
19.0%
Priests
35
Catholics per priest
1,807
Extent
8,495 km²
Catholics per km²
7.4

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
Andrew McKenzie
Born
14 October 1964
Birthplace
Glasgow

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 Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee stands in Dunkeld, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In southern Scotland, the Diocese of Dunkeld (Latin: Dioecesis Dunkeldensis) belongs to the Latin Church of the Catholic Church. Andrew McKenzie serves as its current bishop, appointed as the eleventh to hold the see on 27 May 2024.

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Sources

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.