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Curial Offices 196 Clyde Street - Glasgow, Scotland G1 4JY
   Phone: +44 141-226 5898  E-mail: Curia@rcag.org.uk
   Archives E-mail:  Archives@rcag.org.uk
   Information and phone numbers for diocesan offices.
   The Archdiocese of Glasgow encompasses the following civic boundaries:  "...The City of Glasgow (except the parishes of Saint Benedict and St. Clare Easterhouse; Baillieston; Craigend; Garthamlock all of which are in the Diocese of Motherwell); East Dumbartonshire (except the Parishes of Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie; Torrance all of which are in the Archdiocese of Saint Andrew's and Edinburgh); West Dumbartonshire; the parishes of Cardross, Helensburgh, Garelochhead and Rosneath are in Argyll and Bute; the part of the parish of Thornliebank outside the City of Glasgow is in the East Renfrewshire; the parishes of Condorrat, Croy, Cumbernauld and the area of Auchinloch are in North Lanarkshire..."
History of the Diocese of Glasgow, by John Ritchie/J. S. Phillimore, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VI, 1909, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999.

   90 Dunlop Street - Glasgow,  G1 4ER.

      • St. Agnes Parish: 664 Balmore Road - Glasgow, G22 6QS.
      • St. Albert Parish: 180 Albert Drive- Glasgow, G41 2NH.
      • All Saints Parish: 567 Broomfield Road - Glasgow, G21 3HW.
      • St. Aloysius Parish Rectory: 10 Woodside Place - Glasgow, G3 7QF.
      • St. Aloysius Parish: 10 Hillkirk Street - Glasgow, G21 1TH.
      • St. Alphonsus Parish: 18 Stevenson Street - Glasgow, G40 2ST.
      • St. Anne Parish:  21 Whitevale Street - Glasgow, G31 1QW.
      • St. Anthony Parish: 62 Langlands Road - Glasgow, G51 3BD.
      • St. Augustine Parish: 393 Ashgill Road - Glasgow, G22 7HN.
      • St. Barnabas Parish: 140 Wellshot Road - Glasgow, G32 7BH.
      • St. Bartholomew Parish: 32 Croftfoot Drive - Glasgow, G45 0NG.
      • St. Benedict Parish: 60 Drumchapel Road - Glasgow, G15 6QE.
      • St. Bernadette Parish: 361 Carntyne Road - Glasgow, G32 6JL.
      • St. Bernard Parish: 18 Wiltonburn Road - Glasgow, G53 7JF.
      • St. Brendan Parish: 187 Kelso Street - Glasgow, G13 4BH.
      • St. Brigid Parish: 12 Prospecthill Circus - Glasgow, G42 0JN.
      • St. Catherine Parish: 90 Lamont Road - Glasgow, G21 3PP.
      • St. Charles Parish: 1 Kelvinside Gardens - Glasgow, G20 6BG.
      • Christ the King Parish: 220 Carmunnock Road - Glasgow, G44 5AP.
      • St. Columba Parish:  74 Hopehill Road - Glasgow, G20 7HH.
      • St. Constantine Parish: 54 Uist Street - Glasgow, G51 2XW.
      • St. Conval Parish: 21 Hapland Road - Glasgow, G53 5NT.
      • Corpus Christi Parish: 42 Lincoln Avenue - Glasgow, G13 3RG.
      • St. Francis Church, 1868-1994 [Glasgow]: The Memories live on, by Tommy Harrison.
      • St. Gabriel Parish: 83 Merrylee Road - Glasgow, G43 2QY.
      • St. Gregory Parish: Kelvindale Road - Glasgow, G20 8DP.
      • St. Helen's Parish: 165 Camphill Avenue - Glasgow, G41 3DR.
      • Holy Cross Parish: 113 Dixon Avenue - Glasgow, G42 8ER.
      • Holy Name Parish: 200 Hillside Road - Glasgow, G43 1BU.
      • Immaculate Conception Parish: 2049 Maryhill Road - Glasgow, G20 0AA.
      • Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish:

   162 Broomfield Road - Glasgow, G21 3UE.

      • St. James Parish: 20 Beltrees Road - Glasgow, G53 5TE.
      • St. Joachim Parish: Inzievar Terrace - Carmyle, G32 8JT.
      • Blessed John Duns Scotus Parish: 270 Ballater Street - Glasgow, G5 0YT.
      • St. John Ogilvie Parish: 97 Wellhouse Crescent - Glasgow, G33 4HF.
      • St. Joseph Parish: 14 Fullarton Avenue - Glasgow, G32 8NA.
      • St. Jude Parish: 159 Pendeen Road - Glasgow, G33 4SH.
      • St. Laurence Parish: 215 Kinfauns Drive - Glasgow, G15 7UD.
      • St. Leo Parish: 5 Beech Avenue - Glasgow, G41 5BY.
      • St. Louise Parish: 4 Inverewe Avenue - Glasgow, G46 8TA.
      • St. Margaret Mary Parish:  99 Dougrie Road - Glasgow, G45 9NT.
      • St. Maria Goretti Parish: 259 Bellrock Street - Glasgow, G33 3LN.
      • St. Mark Parish: 80 St. Mark Street - Glasgow, G32 7EA.
      • St. Martin Parish: 201 Ardencraig Road - Glasgow, G45 0JJ.
      • St. Mary Parish: 89 Abercromby Street - Glasgow, G40 2DQ.
      • St. Mary Immaculate Parish: 150 Shawhill Road - Glasgow, G43 1SY.
      • St. Michael Parish: 1350 Gallowgate - Glasgow, G31 4DJ.
      • St. Monica Parish: 171 Castlebay Street - Glasgow, G22 7NE.
      • St. Mungo Parish: 52 Parson Street - Glasgow, G4 0RX.
      • St. Ninian Parish: 5 Baldwin Avenue - Glasgow, G13 2EE.
      • Our Lady of the Assumption Parish: 493 Bilsland Drive - Glasgow, G20 9JN.
      • Our Lady of Consolation Parish: 106 Dixon Avenue - Glasgow, G42 8EL.
      • Our Lady of Fatima Parish: 75 Millerfield Road - Glasgow, G40 4RP.
      • Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish:

   6 Broompark Circus - Glasgow, G31 2JF.

      • Our Lady of Lourdes Parish: Lourdes Avenue - Glasgow, G52 3QU.
      • Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Parish: 17 Mitre Road - Glasgow, G11 7EF.
      • Our Lady & St. George Parish: 50 Sandwood Road - Glasgow, G52 2QE.
      • Our Lady & St. Margaret Parish: 118 Stanley Street - Glasgow, G41 1JH.
      • St. Patrick Parish: 137 William Street - Glasgow, G3 8UR.
      • St. Paul Parish: 1675 Shettleston Road - Glasgow, G21 9AR.
      • St. Paul Parish: 1213 Dumbarton Road - Glasgow, G14 9UP.
      • St. Peter Parish: 46 Hyndland Street - Glasgow, G11 5PS.
      • St. Philip Parish: 150 Drumlochy Road - Glasgow, G33 3RF.
      • St. Philomena Parish: 1255 Royston Road - Glasgow, G33 1EH.
      • St. Pius X Parish: 4 Bayfield Terrace - Glasgow, G15 7EJ.
      • St. Robert Parish: 310 Peat Road - Glasgow, G53 6SA.
      • St. Roch Parish: 311 Roystonhill - Glasgow, G21 2HN.
      • Sacred Heart Parish: 50 Old Dalmarnock Road - Glasgow, G40 4AU.
      • St. Saviour Parish: 39 Merryland Street - Glasgow, G51 2QG.
      • St. Simon Parish: 33 Partick Bridge Street - Glasgow, G11 6PQ.
      • St. Stephen Parish:

   c/o Saint Mungo: 171 Castlebay Street - Glasgow, G22 7NE.

      • St. Teresa Parish: 86 Saracen Street - Glasgow, G22 5AD.
      • St. Thomas Parish: 826 Cumbernauld Road - Glasgow, G33 2EE.
      • St. Vincent Parish: 22 Main Street - Thornliebank, G46 7SH.

University Parishes:
      Strathclyde University Chaplaincy: 90 John Street - Glasgow, G1 1JH.
      Turnbull Hall: 15 Southpark Terrace - Glasgow, G12 8LG.
Parishes outside the City of Glasgow:

      • Our Lady & St. Mark Parish:

   Ferry Loan, Bank Street - Alexandria, G83 0UW.

      • St. Kessog Parish:

   Balloch Road - Balloch, G83 8LQ.

      • St. Andrew Parish:

   29 Roman Road - Bearsden, G61 2SN.

      • St. Dominic Parish:

   21 Kirriemuir Road - Bishopbriggs, G64 1DL.

      • St. Matthew -

   2 South Crosshill Road - Bishopbriggs, G64 2LZ.

      • St. Ronan Parish: Ladyton Estate - Bonhill, G83 9DZ.
      • St. Mahew Parish:

   Dunollie, Main Road - Cardross, 82 5NY.

      • St. Eunan Parish:

   2 Gilmour Street - Clydebank, G81 2BW.

      • St. Margaret Parish:

   Sinclair Street - Clydebank, G81 1AE.

      • Our Holy Redeemer Parish:

   South Bank Street- Clydebank, G81 1PH.

      • Our Lady & St. Helen Parish:

   117 Achray Road - Cumbernauld, G67 4JG.

      • Holy Cross Parish:

   Croy - Kilsyth, G65 9JG.

      • St. Joseph Parish:

   Broomlands Road - Cumbernauld, G67 2PT.

      • St. Lucy Parish:

   7/9 Pine Crescent - Cumbernauld, G67 3BB.

      • Sacred Heart Parish:

   Kyle Road - Cumbernauld, G67 2DY.

      • Our Lady of Loreto Parish:

   707 Dumbarton Road - Dalmuir, G81 4HD.

      • St. Stephen Parish:

   12 Park Road - Dalmuir, G81 3LD.

      • St. Michael Parish:

   2 Cardross Road - Dumbarton, G82 4JG.

      • St. Patrick Parish:

   Strathleven Place - Dumbarton, G82 1BA.

      • St. Peter Parish:

   Howatshaws Road - Dumbarton, G82 3DR.

      • St. Mary Parish:

   Chapel Road - Duntocher, G81 6DL.

      • St. Joseph Parish:

   Faifley - Clydebank, G81 5EZ.

      • Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish:

   Dunavard, Station Rd.- Garelochhead, G84 0DB.

      • St. Joseph Parish:

   41 Lomond Street - Helensburgh, G84 7ET.

      • St. Gildas Parish:

   Rosneath - Helensburgh, G84 0RJ.

      • St. Flannan Parish:

   79 Hillhead Road - Kirkintilloch, G66 2HY.

      • Holy Family and St. Ninian Parish:

   20 Union Street, Kirkintilloch, G66 1DH.

      • St. Joseph Parish:

   3 Buchanan Street - Milngavie, G62 8DZ.

      • St. Patrick Parish:

   252 Dumbarton Road - Old Kilpatrick, G60 5LJ.

      • St. Martin Parish:

   331 Main Street - Renton, G82 4PZ.

      • St. John of the Cross Parish:

   Main Street - Twechar, G65 9AT.


    • Diocese of Motherwell [Est. from a portion of Glasgow Archdiocese 1948] (central Scotland)
      • Parish List
      • St Brigid's, Newmains, Centenary (1896-1996) the village of Newmains in North Lanarkshire.
      • St. Augustine Parish -

    Dundyvan Road - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland ML5 1DQ.

      • St. Bartholomew Parish

    Presbytery: Trent Street - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

      • St. Bernard Parish

    Presbytery: Hermitage Cres, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

   293 Muiryhall Street - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

      • St. James Parish

    Presbytery : 232 Woodhall Avenue - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

   Broompark Road - High Blantyre - Glasgow  G72 9XD.

      • St. Mary Parish

   Hozier Street - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

      • St. Monica Parish

   Sharp Avenue - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

      • St. Patrick ParishSt. John Street - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
      • St. Stephen Parish

    Paddock Street - Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

      • St. Kevin Parish

    Mainhill Road - Baillieston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland G69 7ST.

      • St. Mary Parish

   89 Abercromby Street - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland G40 2DQ.

  30 Canberra Drive, East Kilbride G75 8DG, Scotland.
Saint Benedict and St. Clare Easterhouse;

      • St. Ninian's Parish at Hamilton
      •    34 St. Ninians Road - Hillhouse, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ML3 9TS.
      • St. Athanasius Parish at Carluke.
      • St. Columbkilles Parish

    2 Kirkwood Street - Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland G73 2SL.

      • St. Teresa Parish

   Benford Avenue - Newarthill, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland ML1 5BE


   (west central Scotland)
Chancery: Cathedral House - 8 East Buchanan St. - Paisley  PA1 1HS Scotland.
Diocesan Offices Contact Information.

   Cathedral House, Cathedral Precincts, Incle Street, Paisley, Scotland PA1 1HR

   5 Union Street, Paisley PA2 6DU  Scotland

   35 Blackstoun Road, Paisley PA3 1LU  Scotland

   50 Greenock Road, Paisley PA3 2LE  Scotland

   163 George Street, Paisley PA1 2UN  Scotland

   118 Brediland Road, Paisley PA2 0HE  Scotland

   154 Braehead Road, Paisley PA2 8NG  Scotland

   Aurs Road - Barrhead, Glasgow G78 2RW  Scotland

   66 Old Greenock Road, Bishopton PA7 5BE  Scotland

   2 Eaglesham Road, Clarkston G76 7BT Scotland

   Mayfield, 12 Polnoon Street, Eaglesham G76 0BH Scotland

   6 Barclay Avenue, Elderslie, Johnstone PA5 9DX Scotland

   Park Drive, Erskine PA8 7AE Scotland

   Presbytery, Barwood Road, Erskine PA8 6AB Scotland

   18 Royal Street, Gourock PA19 1PN Scotland

   14 Patrick Street, Greenock PA16 8NA  Scotland

   Auchmead Road, Larkfield, Greenock PA16 0JU  Scotland

   Bow Road, Greenock PA16 7DY  Scotland

   6 Kilmacolm Road, Greenock PA15 4XP  Scotland

   5 Orangefield Place, Greenock PA15 1YZ  Scotland

   49 Graham Street - Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland PA5 8RA

   100 Auchenbothie Road, Port Glasgow, Scotland PA14 6JD
   There are three catholic parishes in Port Glasgow. St. John's (the oldest), Holy Family, and St. Francis'.
earlier diocesan url: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Diocese_of_Paisley/index.html


   Diocesan Offices: 113 Whitehouse Loan - Edinburgh, EH9 1BB
                                  Phone: 0131-452-8244  E-mail: stanedchancery@lineone.net .
Ecclesiastical History of Edinburgh, by D. O. Hunter-Blair, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume V, 1909, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999.

   Cathedral House - 61 York Place - Edinburgh EH1 3JD
    Phone: 0131-556-1798/0027    E-mail: Stmaryscathedral@btinternet.com

    • St. Mary Cathedral History [1814] - "...The official website for St. Mary's Cathedral. Here you will find a comprehensive guide to the history, life and mission of this, the

  mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh and the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Eastern Province of Scotland..."

   28 Lauriston Street, Edinburgh EH3 9DJ
   Phone 0131-229-9821    E-mail:  sacdheart@aol.com

   Hope Street - Falkirk, Scotland
   Phone:  0132-462-3567   E-mail:  stfxfalkirk@netscapeonline.co.uk

    Mailing Address: Hope View, Loch Road - South Queensferry EH30 9LS Scotland
    Phone: 0131-331-1007
    St. Margaret united with St. Philomena Church, in Winchburgh, in 1994.
St. Philomena Catholic Church [est. 1903, 1925] - West Lothian
   Mailing Address: St. Philomena's, Niddry Road - Winchburgh Broxburn, EH52 6RY
    Phone: 0131-331-1007

    Mailing Address: Drip Road - Stirling, FK9 4UA Scotland
    Phone & Fax: 0178-647-4883     E-mail: 113466.2422@compuserve.com

 


     Address:  39 King's Crescent, Aberdeen AB24 3HP
   The Diocese of Aberdeen encompassesa large portion of north Scotland including: the area of Grampian, the main part of the Highland Region and the Islands of Orkney and Shetland.  
History of the Diocese of Aberdeen, by John J. A'Becket, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume I, 1907, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999.

   Deveron Road, Masterick, Aberdeen  AB16 6LZ Scotland

   Banchory, Scotland
   Phone: 0133-082-2835     E-mail:  Fr.Jim@stcolumba.co.uk

   This site includes an extensive collection of Benedictine links worldwide.

   Main Street - Tomintoul, Moray, Scotland AB37 9EX
   a residential centre operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen. It is located in the village of Tomintoul, a region of North East Scotland...

   South Deeside Road - Aberdeenshire, Scotland AB12 5YQ
    Phone: 0122-486-9424    Email: Curator@Blairs.Net
Scotland's Catholic Treasury and Home of The Scottish Catholic Heritage Collection - "...The church of Saint Mary's, Blairs, is the chapel of the former Blairs College, a Catholic    Junior Seminary which stands in wooded grounds in lower Deeside, three miles from Aberdeen. Although the College closed in 1986, the chapel continues to be the centre of a small but vigorous parish...The Blairs Museum, housing artifacts relating to Mary Queen of Scots, the Jacobites, and the Catholic Church in both pre and post Reformation periods..."

   Located near Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland.  It is reportedly the only medieval monastery in Britain still inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose.

      • Scalan College 1717-1799 - and a list of the Churches and other Buildings along the Scalan trail... "...Scalan (Gaelic for a turf-roofed shelter) is a plain 18th century house in the Braes of Glenlivet. It is by far the most significant relic of the ‘penal days’ when the native Scottish Catholic community kept the ancient faith alive in Northern Scotland..."

Histories of: St Peter's Church, Aberdeen (1804-1979);
The Church of the Sacred Heart, Aberlour (est. 1909);
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Banff (est. ca. 1871)
St. Mary's Church, Beauly (est. ca. 1864)
St. Peter Church, Buckie (est. ca. 1857) - For many years, these Buckie Catholics had been active members of Preshome Parish...
Chapeltown Mission (est. ca. 1826)
Greyfriars Convent and Church, Abbey Street, Elgin (convent est. ca. 1891; Franciscan Monastery until 1560)
St. Lawrence's Church, Dingwall (est. 1902)
Our Lady of Assumption Church, Dufftown (est. 1825) - The Dufftown parish derives from one of the oldest missions in Banffshire, comprising the Cabrach and its principal Mass-centre at Shenval which 18th century priests nicknamed Siberia...
St. Sylvester Church, Elgin (est. ca. 1843)
The Catholic Churches of the Enzie: St. Peter's, Buckie
History of St. Mary's Church, Eskadale (est. ca. 1827)


  Contact: St. Columba Cathedral: Corran Esplanade, Oban, Argyll. PA34 5AB.
     Phone: 01631 571003.
 St. Columba’s Cathedral: Corran Esplanade, Oban, Argyll. PA34 5AB.

      • Parish List  - Mass centers include: Oban, Ardkenneth, Arisaig, Benbecula, Bornish, Arran, Campbeltown, Caol, Castlebay, Daliburgh, Dunoon, Eriskay, Fort William, Glencoe, Kingussie, Lochgilphead, Mingarry, Morar, Northbay, Rothesay, Roy Bridge, Stornoway, Taynuilt, Skye.
      •  Parishes in the Western Isles include:  Parishes in Northbay and Castlebay (Isle of Barra) Stornoway (Lewis); Griminish, Benbecula, Ardkenneth, Bornish, Eriskay and Daliburgh (South Uist) are in the Western Isles.
      • Tribute to John Angus Galbraith.
      • History of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, by D. O. Hunter-Blair, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume I, 1907, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999.
      • Catholic Church in the Western Isles
      • The Southern Isles: South Uist (map of South Uist)
      • Craig Lodge Family House of Prayer at Dalmally
      • The Shrine of Blessed Mary MacKillop (1842-1949), and the Roy Bridge area of Lochaber.

    St. Margaret's, Roy Bridge - Inverness-shire, Scotland.


   Diocesan Office:  8 Corsehill Road, Ayr,  KA7 2ST
History of the Diocese of Galloway, by William Turner, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VI, 1909, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999 - "...From an historical point of view, a singular interest attaches to this diocese since it is certainly the most ancient ecclesiastical foundation in Scotland, its founder and