Diocese of Dunkeld
Dunkelden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dunkeld, United Kingdom
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 share
- 19.0%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 1,807
- Extent
- 8,495 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.4
of the people living within its bounds
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:
- Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and EdinburghSaint Andrews and Edinburgh
- Diocese of AberdeenAberdeen
- Diocese of Argyll and The IslesArgyll and The Isles
- Diocese of GallowayGalloway
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].