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.
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- 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. Mahew'sCardrossView parish
- St. Margaret Mary'sCastlemilkMass times recorded
- St. Margaret'sClydebankMass times recorded
- St. Maria GorettiCranhillView parish
- St. Martin of ToursRentonView parish
- St. Mary ImmaculatePollokshawsMass times recorded
- St. Mary of the AssumptionCaltonMass times recorded
- St. Mary'sDuntocherMass times recorded
- St. Matthew'sBishopbriggsMass times recorded
- St. Michael'sParkheadMass times recorded
- St. Michael'sDumbartonMass times recorded
- St. Mungo'sTownheadView parish
- St. Ninian'sKnightswoodMass times recorded
- St. Patrick'sAnderstonView parish
- St. Patrick'sDumbartonMass times recorded
- St. Patrick'sOld KilpatrickMass times recorded
- St. Paul the ApostleShettlestonMass times recorded
- St. Paul'sWhiteinchMass times recorded
- St. Peter and PaulArrocharMass times recorded
- St. Peter'sPartickView parish
- St. Peter'sDumbartonMass times recorded
- St. Philomena'sProvanmillView parish
- St. Roch'sGarngadView parish
- St. Stephen'sDalmuirMass times recorded
- St. Teresa of LisieuxPossilparkView parish
- St. Thomas ApostleRiddrieMass times recorded
- St. Vincent de PaulThornliebankView parish
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.