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St. Mary's, Inverness is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Inverness, Inverness-shire, in Scotland and is a part of the Diocese of Aberdeen. The building is significant for the high quality of its altar and stained glass windows. There is daily Mass in the church and it is also the home of the Polish-language Chaplaincy for Inverness.
The Catholic Church in Scotland overseen by the Scottish Bishops' Conference, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church headed by the Pope. Christianity first arrived in Roman Britain and was strengthened by the conversion of the Picts through both the Hiberno-Scottish mission and Iona Abbey .
The church was considerably embellished over the years, and in 1878 (upon the restoration of the Scottish hierarchy), it became the pro-cathedral of the new Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh. It was renamed the Metropolitan Cathedral on 5 July 1886, with all the rights and privileges appertaining to such a church.
St Mary's, Fochabers is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Fochabers, Moray, in Scotland and is a part of the RC Diocese of Aberdeen. The building is significant for the high quality of its altar and stained glass windows. It is an active parish church served from Buckie with regular weekly Sunday Mass at 10.00 am. [1]
The church was built following Catholic Emancipation in 1859 by Ross and Joass. [4] The original wooden altar was later replaced by one in marble which was removed from St Mary's, Nairn. Prior to the church being built, the Tridentine Mass was offered in a house in Dalcrag by a priest based in Glenmoriston, who rowed across Loch Ness to say Mass.
When the church was built it received a reliquary of the forearm of St Valentine from a French Catholic family. [4] [5] In 1975, building work on Blessed John Duns Scotus Church was completed. [6] It was built on the site of St Luke's Church. [7] At the time, there were four Catholic churches in Gorbals.
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For the first quarter of the 20th century, it served the West side of the city. However, Edinburgh continued to expand, and Catholics began to complain about the distance they had to walk to get to Mass (in the days before regular public transport or mass car ownership). As such, it was agreed that a new church would be built even further west ...