Metropolitan see Glasgow, United Kingdom
Archdiocese of Glasgow
Glasguen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1878
- Catholics
- 218,170
- Priests
- 186
- Territory
- 825 km²
Parishes and churches
87 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Benedict'sDrumchapelView parish
- St. Bernadette'sCarntyneMass times recorded
- St. Bernard'sSouth NitshillMass times recorded
- St. Brendan'sYokerMass times recorded
- St. Brigid'sToryglenMass times recorded
- St. Catherine LaboureNorth BalornockView parish
- St. Charles'North KelvinsideMass times recorded
- St. Columba'sWoodsideView parish
- St. Constantine'sGovanView parish
- St. Conval'sPollokView parish
- St. Dominic'sBishopbriggsMass times recorded
- St. Eunan'sClydebankView parish
- St. Flannan'sKirkintillochMass times recorded
- St. Gabriel'sMerryleeMass times recorded
- St. Gildas' (Rosneath) HelensburghTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St. Gregory'sWyndfordMass times recorded
- St. Helen'sLangsideView parish
- St. James'CrookstonMass times recorded
- St. Joachim'sCarmyleMass times recorded
- St. John of the CrossTwecharMass times recorded
- St. Joseph'sTollcrossView parish
- St. Joseph'sCumbernauldMass times recorded
- St. Joseph'sFaifleyMass times recorded
- St. Joseph'sHelensburghMass times recorded
- St. Joseph'sMilngavieView parish
- St. Jude's and St John OgilvieBarlanarkMass times recorded
- St. Kessog'sBallochMass times recorded
- St. Laurence'sDrumchapelMass times recorded
- St. Leo'sDumbreckMass times recorded
- St. Lucy'sCumbernauldMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- William Nolan
- Born
- 26 January 1954
- Birthplace
- Motherwell
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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.
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.