Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway

Diocese of Galloway Dioecesis Candidae Casae o Gallovidianus
St Margaret's Cathedral in Ayr
Location
Country	Scotland
Territory	Covers the council areas of Dumfries and Galloway, South Ayrshire, most of East Ayrshire and mainland North Ayrshire
Ecclesiastical province	St Andrews and Edinburgh
Metropolitan	St Andrews and Edinburgh
Coordinates	55°26′55″N 4°37′49″W / 55.44868°N 4.63039°W / 55.44868; -4.63039Coordinates: 55°26′55″N 4°37′49″W / 55.44868°N 4.63039°W / 55.44868; -4.63039
Statistics
Area	9,332 km2 (3,603 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 520,000 47,700 (9.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4 March 1878
Cathedral	St Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	William Nolan
Metropolitan Archbishop	Leo Cushley
Vicar General	William McFadden
Emeritus Bishops	Maurice Taylor John Cunningham
Website
www.gallowaydiocese.org.uk

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway (Latin Dioecesis Candidae Casae o Gallovidianus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. The diocese of Galloway had broken allegiance with Rome in 1560, and disappeared in 1689. It was re-established by the Roman Catholic Church on 4 March 1878, and is now based in the town of Ayr.

The present bishop of the diocese is the Right Reverend William Nolan.

Past and present ordinaries

The following is a list of the modern Bishops of Galloway:^[1]

• John McLachlan (appointed 22 March 1878 – died 16 January 1893)
• William Turner (appointed 16 June 1893 – died 19 January 1914)
• James William McCarthy (appointed 25 May 1914 – died 24 December 1943)
• William Henry Mellon (succeeded 24 December 1943 – died 2 February 1952)
• Joseph Michael McGee (appointed 19 July 1952 – retired 4 April 1981)
• Maurice Taylor (appointed 4 April 1981 – retired 7 April 2004)
• John Cunningham (appointed 7 April 2004 - retired 22 November 2014)
• William Nolan (appointed 22 November 2014, ordained and installed 14 February 2015)

References

External links

• Diocese of Galloway
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• "Diocese of Galloway". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-02-18.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.