Diocese of Paisley
Pasletan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Paisley, United Kingdom
The Diocese of Paisley is a Latin rite diocese covering Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde in Scotland, erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow. It is the smallest Scottish diocese by area and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Glasgow. Its seat is St Mirin's Cathedral in Paisley.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 May 1947
- Latin
- Pasletan(us)
- Patron
- St Mirin
- Annuario code
- 001002511
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 87,940
- Population
- 381,480
- Catholic share
- 23.1%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 2,931
- Extent
- 580 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 152
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
- John Keenan
- Born
- 19 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Glasgow
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 Mirin's Cathedral, Paisley stands in Paisley, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Glasgow.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GlasgowGlasgow
- Diocese of MotherwellMotherwell
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 25 May 1947 out of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the Diocese of Paisley (Latin: Dioecesis Pasletana) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Its territory corresponds to the historic county of Renfrewshire (today the local government areas of Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde). At 580 km2 (220 sq mi), it is the smallest Scottish diocese by area.
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].