Archdiocese of Glasgow
Glasguen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Glasgow, United Kingdom
The Archdiocese of Glasgow is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering Glasgow and surrounding council areas in Scotland. The medieval see was raised to metropolitan rank by Pope Innocent VIII in 1492, and the modern archdiocese was re-established in 1878 at the restoration of the Scottish hierarchy. It heads the Province of Glasgow (suffragans Motherwell and Paisley), with its seat at St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1878
- Latin
- Glasguen(sis)
- Patron
- St Kentigern (Mungo)
- Annuario code
- 001001493
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 218,170
- Population
- 822,300
- Catholic share
- 26.5%
- Priests
- 186
- Catholics per priest
- 1,173
- Extent
- 825 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 264
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
- Archbishop
- William Nolan
- Born
- 26 January 1954
- Birthplace
- Motherwell
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, Glasgow stands in Glasgow, 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 Glasgow
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MotherwellMotherwell
- Diocese of PaisleyPaisley
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Central Scotland is home to the Archdiocese of Glasgow (Latin: Archidioecesis Glasguensis), the Latin Catholic metropolitan see of the Province of Glasgow. Saint Kentigern established the episcopal seat of the developing diocese in the 6th century AD. Of the two Catholic metropolitan archdioceses in Scotland (the country's only archdioceses), Glasgow is the elder bishopric; Innocent VIII first raised it to a metropolitan archbishopric in 1492.
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].