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 share
- 7.9%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 1,060
- Extent
- 9,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- 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.
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].