Suffragan diocese Argyll and The Isles, United Kingdom
Diocese of Argyll and The Isles
Ergadien(sis) et Insularum
Latin Church
The Diocese of Argyll and the Isles is a Latin rite diocese covering most of Argyll and Bute, the southern Highlands, the Outer Hebrides and Arran in Scotland. It was erected on 5 March 1878 at the restoration of the Scottish hierarchy and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. Its seat is St Columba's Cathedral in Oban, opened in 1934.
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- Established
- 1878
- Catholics
- 10,660
- Priests
- 29
- Territory
- 31,080 km²
Parishes and churches
42 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Columba's CathedralOban · CathedralView parish
- Catholic House of PrayerIonaView parish
- Craig Lodge, Family House of PrayerDalmallyMass times recorded
- Holy CrossBrodickMass times recorded
- Our Holy RedeemerStornowayView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour & St CuminMorarMass times recorded
- Our Lady of SorrowsGarrynamonieMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the AngelsMingarryMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the AssumptionPortreeMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St MunDunoonView parish
- Our Lady of the Rosary & St ColumbaKingussieMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Waves & St JohnVatersayView parish
- Our Lady, Star of the SeaCastlebayMass times recorded
- Our Lady, Star of the SeaTobermoryView parish
- Saint MaryBenbeculaView parish
- SS Mary & FinnanGlenfinnanView parish
- St AgnesGlenuigView parish
- St AndrewRothesayView parish
- St BarrNorthbayMass times recorded
- St BrendanCraigstonView parish
- St BrideWest GerinishView parish
- St ColumbaCannaView parish
- St DonanEiggView parish
- St FinnanInvergarryMass times recorded
- St John the EvangelistCaolMass times recorded
- St JosephHowbegView parish
- St JosephSpean BridgeMass times recorded
- St KieranCampbeltownView parish
- St MaolrubhaBroadfordMass times recorded
- St MargaretLochgilpheadMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Brian McGee
- Born
- 8 October 1965
- Birthplace
- Greenock
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The cathedral
St Columba's Cathedral, Oban stands in Argyll and The Isles, 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.
History
In Scotland, the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles (Latin: Diocesis Ergadiensis et Insularum) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, belonging to the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.