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The Archdiocese of Glasgow (Latin: Archidioecesis Glasguensis) is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see of the Province of Glasgow in central Scotland.The episcopal seat of the developing diocese was established by Saint Kentigern in the 6th century AD.
The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland comprises two ecclesiastical provinces each headed by a metropolitan archbishop. The provinces in turn are subdivided into 6 dioceses and 2 archdioceses, each headed by a bishop or an archbishop, respectively.
The Archdiocese of Glasgow was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen) dioceses of the Scottish church. It was the second largest diocese in the Kingdom of Scotland , including Clydesdale , Teviotdale , parts of Tweeddale , Liddesdale , Annandale , Nithsdale , Cunninghame , Kyle , and Strathgryfe , as well as Lennox , Carrick and the part of ...
In Scotland there are a total of 6 such suffragan dioceses, making overall eight dioceses when the 2 archdioceses are included. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain which is the institutional papal diplomatic representation at full embassy level to the British authorities.
He was named Archbishop of Glasgow in 2002.
On 4 February 2022, Pope Francis appointed him to succeed Philip Tartaglia as archbishop of Glasgow. [2] He was installed there on 26 February. [13] He is the president of Justice and Peace Scotland, a national body that advocates on a variety of social issues from climate change to nuclear weapons. [12]
The Archbishop of Glasgow is an archiepiscopal title that takes its name after the city of Glasgow in Scotland. The position and title were abolished by the Church of Scotland in 1689; and, in the Catholic Church, the title was restored by Pope Leo XIII in 1878.
St Anne's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Glasgow, Scotland, in the Archdiocese of Glasgow. The parish church, situated on Whitevale Street in the Dennistoun area, is a category A listed building. [1]