Diocese of Galloway
Candidae Casae seu Gallovidian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Galloway, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Galloway is a Latin rite diocese covering Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire in southwestern Scotland, re-established on 4 March 1878 at the restoration of the Scottish hierarchy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. Its seat is St Margaret's Cathedral in Ayr.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1878
- Latin
- Candidae Casae seu Gallovidian(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001458
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 41,353
- Population
- 520,260
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.9%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 1,060
- Extent
- 9,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Francis Dougan
- Born
- 8 September 1972
- Birthplace
- Lanark
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 Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr stands in Galloway, 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 AberdeenAberdeen
- Diocese of Argyll and The IslesArgyll and The Isles
- Diocese of DunkeldDunkeld
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland, the Diocese of Galloway carries the Latin title Dioecesis Candidae Casae o Gallovidianus. The pre-Reformation see, founded by Ninian in the fifth century, broke allegiance with Rome in 1560; it disappeared in 1689 within the (official) Church of Scotland, though it continued in the Episcopal Church of Scotland.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.