Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow

The Archdiocese of Glasgow (Latin: Archidioecesis Glasguensis ) is a Metropolitanerzbistum the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, based in Glasgow. Cathedral is the St. Andrew's Cathedral in Glasgow. There is also the bishopric of Glasgow and Galloway Scottish Episcopal Church.

History

The exact date of the establishment of a bishopric in Glasgow is unknown. According to legend, the Holy mongoose ( 6th century ) is considered the first bishop. First importance was the diocese in the 12th century by King David I and Bishop John. Many bishops took high positions in the Scottish kingdom. Under Bishop William Turnbull was in 1451, the University of Glasgow are built. Pope Alexander VI. rose Glasgow in 1492 finally to the Metropolitan seat with the suffragans Argyll, Dunblane, Dunkeld and Galloway. As in the 16th century, the Reformation Calvinist embossing in Scotland held and enter the Church of Scotland was established, the ancient Roman hierarchy went under. The last archbishop, James Beaton II, exiled in 1560 to France, where he worked as an ambassador .. and confidant of the later King of the Scots, James VI

Only at the beginning of the 19th century began in Glasgow again an upsurge of Catholic life, including by the beneficiary of the industrial development influx of Irish immigrants. On February 13, 1827 the Roman hierarchy in Scotland with the Breve Quanta laetitia by Leo XII. redesigned. Instead of the previous two Apostolic Vicariate " Lowland District " and " Highland District " the three curacies of the Western, the Eastern and the Northern District have now been established, the former based in Glasgow. This included the City of Glasgow as well as the counties of Argyll, Ayr, Bute, Dunbarton, Inverness ( southern part), Lanark, Renfrew, Wigtown and Western Isles. On March 4, 1878 as part of the restructuring of the Catholic Church in Scotland, was charged with the Zirkumskriptionsbulle Ex supremo Apostolatus Glasgow to an archbishopric, but was subordinate to 1908 continue to the jurisdiction of the Congregation De Propaganda Fide. Finally, the two dioceses Paisley and Motherwell were built by the Apostolic Constitution maxim interest and Glasgow raised to the Metropolitan seat on May 25, 1947.

Structure

The Archdiocese is now divided into the nine deaneries City East (Glasgow ), Dumbarton, East End, North, Northeast, Northwest, South, Southeast and West End. You are subordinated to the 106 parishes.

Bishops

For the bishops, archbishops and Vicars Apostolic see List of Archbishops of Glasgow.

Auxiliary bishops in the archdiocese of Glasgow were: