Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh

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Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh

Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh
Secular priests76
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopLeo Cushley
Vicar GeneralPatrick Burke [1]
Allan Chambers
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Website
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The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews & Edinburgh (

metropolitan see of the province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, consisting of the additional suffragan sees of Aberdeen, Argyll and the Isles, Dunkeld, and Galloway. The archdiocese is led by Archbishop Leo Cushley, and its cathedral is St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.[2]

History

After the

Prefecture Apostolic of Scotland, which in 1694 was elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Scotland.[3]

On 23 July 1727, Scotland was divided into two Vicariates Apostolic, the Lowland District and Highland District. The Lowland District comprised roughly the Scottish Lowlands.[3]

On 13 February 1827, Scotland was divided again into three Vicariate Apostolics, the Eastern District (formerly the Lowland District), the Northern District (formerly the Highland District), and the Western District (created from territory of the other two districts).[3]

The Eastern District comprised the sixteen eastern historic

Dumfrieshire, Roxburghshire, and Berwickshire
.

Following the

restoration of the Scottish hierarchy by Pope Leo XIII on 15 March 1878, part of the Eastern District was elevated to the status of an archdiocese with the title St Andrews & Edinburgh.[3]

In Lent 2015, Archbishop Cushley outlined his vision for the future of the archdiocese in a pastoral letter entitled "We Have Found the Messiah". The document stated aim was to "respond to the mission entrusted to him [Archbishop Cushley] by Pope Francis: to bring the joy of the Gospel to contemporary society."

Following the publication of the letter, Archbishop Cushley embarked upon 32 public meetings across the Archdiocese to discuss his vision which includes the possibility of creating larger parish units through either mergers or closures.

The archdiocese controls the Mount Vernon Cemetery. In 2017 the former superintendent of the cemetery was convicted of mis-selling burial plots for 9 years, for example by re-selling used plots, defrauding the archdiocese and families.[4]

Office holders

Main article:
Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh
Prefecture Apostolic of Scotland.[3]
  • William Ballantine
    (appointed on 13 October 1653 – died on 2 September 1661)
  • Alexander Dunbar Winchester (appointed on 12 June 1662, resigned 1668, reappointed 1672, resigned again in July 1693)
Vicariate Apostolic of Scotland.[3]
  • Thomas Joseph Nicolson
    (appointed on 7 September 1694 – died on 12 October 1718)
  • James Gordon (succeeded on 12 October 1718 – appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District on 23 July 1727)
Vicariate Apostolic of the Lowland District.[3]
  • James Gordon (appointed on 23 July 1727 – died on 18 February 1746)
  • Alexander Smith (succeeded on 18 February 1746 – died on 21 August 1767)
  • James Grant
    (succeeded on 21 August 1767 – died on 3 December 1778)
  • George Hay (succeeded on 3 December 1778 – retired on 24 August 1805)
  • Alexander Cameron (succeeded on 24 August 1805 – retired on 20 August 1825)
  • Alexander Paterson (appointed on 20 August 1825 – appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District 13 February 1827)
Vicariate Apostolic of the Eastern District.[3]
  • Alexander Paterson (appointed on 13 February 1827 – died on 30 October 1831)
  • Andrew Carruthers (appointed on 28 September 1832 – died on 24 May 1852)
  • James Gillis (succeeded on 24 May 1852 – died on 24 February 1864)
  • John Menzies Strain
    (appointed on 2 September 1864 – appointed Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh on 15 March 1878)
Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.[3]

Coadjutor Vicars Apostolic

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • George Henry Bennett, appointed Bishop of Aberdeen in 1918
  • Vincent Paul Logan
    , appointed Bishop of Dunkeld in 1981
  • Hugh MacDonald
    , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Highland District in 1731
  • James Maguire, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld in 1939
  • William Henry Mellon
    , appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Galloway in 1935
  • Ian Murray, appointed Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in 1999
  • George Rigg, appointed Bishop of Dunkeld in 1878
  • James Augustine Smith, appointed Bishop of Dunkeld in 1890; later returned here as Archbishop
  • Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson
    , appointed Bishop of Motherwell in 1964
  • William Turner, appointed Bishop of Galloway in 1893

References

  1. ^ "Burke to be Edinburgh vicar general". The Tablet. UK. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. ^ Archbishop urges faithful to resist pessimism ahead of parish closures
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  4. ^ Sawer, Patrick (31 August 2017). "Cemetery manager buried the dead on top of each other in £14k fraud campaign". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigns, will not go to conclave". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

External links

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