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 MargaretRoy BridgeMass times recorded
- St MaryArisaigMass times recorded
- St MaryBornishView parish
- St MichaelEriskayMass times recorded
- St Michael the ArchangelArdkennethMass times recorded
- St MunBallachulishMass times recorded
- St PatrickMallaigMass times recorded
- St PeterDaliburghMass times recorded
- St Vincent de PaulEoligarryView parish
- The Good ShepherdKinlochlevenMass times recorded
- The Immaculate ConceptionFort WilliamView parish
- VisitationTaynuiltView parish
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.