Suffragan diocese Motherwell, United Kingdom
Diocese of Motherwell
Matrisfontis
Latin Church
The Diocese of Motherwell is a Latin rite diocese covering North and South Lanarkshire and part of Glasgow in Scotland, erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Glasgow. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Good Aid in Motherwell.
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- Established
- 1947
- Catholics
- 154,192
- Priests
- 78
- Territory
- 1,178 km²
Parishes and churches
76 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St CatherineHarthillView parish
- St ClareEasterhouseView parish
- St ColumbaViewparkView parish
- St ColumbkilleRutherglenView parish
- St CuthbertHamiltonView parish
- St DavidPlainsView parish
- St DominicCraigendView parish
- St EdwardAirdrieView parish
- St Francis of AssisiBailliestonView parish
- St Francis XavierMotherwellView parish
- St GabrielViewparkView parish
- St GerardBellshillView parish
- St IgnatiusWishawView parish
- St IsidoreBiggarView parish
- St JamesCoatbridgeView parish
- St John BoscoNew StevenstonView parish
- St John OgilvieBlantyreView parish
- St John the BaptistUddingstonView parish
- St JosephSteppsView parish
- St JosephBlantyreView parish
- St KevinBargeddieView parish
- St LeonardEast KilbrideView parish
- St LukeMotherwellView parish
- St MargaretAirdrieView parish
- St MarkRutherglenView parish
- St MaryCaldercurixView parish
- St MaryClelandView parish
- St MaryCoatbridgeView parish
- St MaryHamiltonView parish
- St MaryLanarkView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Toal
- Born
- 13 October 1956
- Birthplace
- Roy Bridge
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell stands in Motherwell, 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
In Scotland, the Diocese of Motherwell (Latin: Dioecesis Matrisfontis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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Visit of Archbishop Fisichella
Archbishop Rino Fisichella will celebrate Holy Mass at Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral in Motherwell on Thursday, September 24, at 7:00 p.m. The Pro-Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelisation is visiting the Diocese of Motherwell to gather with the local community in prayer. The Diocese of Motherwell invited priests, religious, and lay faithful from across the region to attend the Mass.
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