Archdiocese of Glasgow,
Scotland
[Est. Diocese 6th Cent.; Metropolitan See 1492; Reestablished as
Archdiocese
1878] (west central Scotland)
Curial Offices:
196 Clyde Street - Glasgow, Scotland G1 4JY
Phone: +44 141-226 5898
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.
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)
Diocesan Centre, Coursington Road - Motherwell, Scotland ML1 1PW
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
Archdiocese
of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh [Est. St. Andrews prior to 900;
Metropoitan
See 1472; vacant 1571-1878; Reestablished upon the Restoration of the
Scottish
Hierarchy in 1878] (southeast Scotland)
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..."
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
Diocese of Aberdeen [Est.
1131; Restored after the Reformation
in 1878]
(northeast Scotland)
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.
St. Mary Cathedral: Huntly Street - Aberdeen,
Scotland.
St. Mary
Parish
in Blairs - "...the chapel of the former Blairs College, a Catholic
Junior
Seminary which stands in wooded grounds in lower Deeside, three miles
from
Aberdeen..."
Pluscarden
Abbey
[Est. 1230] near Elgin, The
HISTORY: "... It is the only medieval monastery in Britain
still
inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose..."
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..."
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.
Parishes
in the Western Isles - Parishes in Northbay and Castlebay
(Isle
of Barra) Stornoway (Lewis); Griminish, Benbecula, Ardkenneth, Bornish,
Eriskay and Daliburgh (South Uist) are in the Western Isles.
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 first bishop, St. Ninian, being "the first
authentic personages that meets us in the succession of Scottish
missionaries"
(Belleshiem)...In 1909, the diocese encompassed the southwestern
Counties
of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and Wigtown and about four-fifths of the
County
of Ayr.
Website includes History
and a large scale map of parish
boundaries!
Other Irvine area churches: St. Margaret Parish - Castlepark area, Ayrshire, Scotland St John Ogilvie Parish - Bourtreehill area, Ayrshire,
Scotland
Diocesan
Centre: 24-28 Lawside Road - Dundee, DD3 6XY
Phone: 01-38-222-5453. Serves the east central area of Scotland including the city of
Dundee,
and parishes in Angus, Clackmannanshire, Fife, Perth and Kinross
and Stirling. History of
the Diocese of Dunkeld, by D. O. Hunter-Blair, from The
Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume V, 1908, by Robert Appleton Company, Online
Edition,
by Kevin Knight, 1999.
Our Lady
of Sorrows
Church
Finlarig Terrace, Fintry, Dundee DD4 9JF Scotland St.
Matthews
Church - Whitfield Drive, Dundee, Scotland
Mail to: c/o Our Lady of Sorrows, Finlarig Terrace, Dundee
DD4 9JF
Angus - Diocese of Dunkeld - See Angus:
The Spirit of Scotland Tourist site for more information (not
specifically
Catholic) about this area of Scotland.
St. Anne Parish [Est.ca. 1928]
100 Dundee Street - Carnoustie, Angus, DD7 7PH.
St.
Anthony Parish [Est. 1950, 1987]
St Mary's Close - Roods - Kirriemuir, Angus, DD8 1NG.
Mail c/o: St. Fergus Parish: Gallowshade, Forfar, Angus,
DD8 1NG.
25 Mar Street - Alloa - Clackmannanshire, FK10 1HR.
St. Mungo's pastor attends to St. John Vianney Parish
and Mass in Community Centre on Main, Tillicoultry.
Our Lady, Star of the Sea Parish [1939] in Tayport,
Fife
Attended from St. Fillan's, Newport-on-Tay
Mail to: 20, King Street, Newport-on-Tay, Fife, DD6 8BN
01382 542324
SS. Thenew & Serf's 1970
Kilbagie Street, Kincardine-on-Forth, Dunfermline, Fife
Attended by the pastor of St. Serf's, High Valleyfield
Mail to: 14, Chapel Street, High Valleyfield, Dunfermline,
Fife, KY12 8SJ
01383 880366
Glenearn Road, Craigie, Perth, Perthshire
Attended St. John the Baptist Parish in Perth
Mail to: 20, Melville Street, Perth, Perthshire, PH1 5PY
01738 622241
St. Stephen Parish [1948, 1856]
8, Bank Street, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, PH10 6DE
01250 872171
St. Columba Parish [1924, 1932]:
St. Mary's Road, Birnam, Dunkeld, Perthshire
Attended by the pastor of St. John the Baptist in Perth
Mail to: 20, Melville Street, Perth, PH1 5PY 01738
622241
St. Columba Parish [1782, 1836]: Methven, Perthshire
- E-mail
the pastor.
Attended to by the pastor of the Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish
in Perth
Mail to: Struan Road, Letham, Perth PH1 2JP 01738
623902
Holy Cross Parish [1876]: Strathtay, Perthshire
Attended to by the pastor of St. Bride Parish in Pitlochry
Mail to: Rie-Achan Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5AL
01796 472174
St. Luan Parish [1879, 1900]: Alyth, Perthshire
Attended to by the pastor from St. Stephen Parish in
Blairgowrie
Mail to: 8, Bank Street, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, PH10
6DE 01250 872171
St. Margaret Parish [1914]: Drummond
Street, Comrie,
Perthshire
Attended to by the pastor of St. Fillan's in Crieff
Mail to: Ford Road, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 3HN
01764 653269
St. Mary Parish [1966]: Coupar Angus, Perthshire
Attended to by the pastor of St. Stephen Parish in
Blairgowie
Mail to: 8, Bank Street, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, PH10
6DE 01250 872171
Attended to by the pastor of St. Bride's in Pitlochry
Mail to: Rie-Achan Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5AL
01796 472174
STIRLING
Holy Family Parish [1878, 1934]
Mail to: St Clare, Claredon Place, Dunblane, Perthshire
01786 822146
SS. Fillan & Alphonsus Parish
[1875]:
Main Street,
Doune, Perthshire
Fr James McCruden (1988),Parish Priest
Served from St Joseph - Callander
Mail to: 2a Ancaster Sq., Callander, Perthshire, FK17
8ED 01877 330702
St. Joseph the Worker Parish [1958]
Glenartney Road, Callander, Perthshire, FK17 8ED 01877
330702
Mail to: 2a Ancaster Sq., Callander, Perthshire, FK17
8ED 01877 330702
Mass is also held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in
Aberfoyle,
Perthshire
and at St. Fillan's Episcopal Church, Killin, Perthshire
St.
Margaret's, Keir House - a Semi-public oratory, near
Dunblane, Perthshire
St. Theresa's Society of African Missions, Dunblane
Benedictine Monastery: Fort Augustus Abbey on Loch Ness is
apparently
no
longer, and is/was sold (per St. Columba's web site: 1999)
History
of
Scotland, by
D. O. Hunter-Blair, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, 1912,
by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999.
History
of the
Established Church of Scotland (Protestant), by D. O.
Hunter-Blair,
from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, 1912, by Robert Appleton
Company,
Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "...The religious organization
which has...claimed the adherence of the majority of the inhabitants of
Scotland, may be said to date from August 1560, in which month the
Scottish
Parliament, assembled in Edinburgh without any writ from the sovereign,
decided that the Protestant Confession of Faith (drawn up on much the
same
lines as the Confession of Westminster) should henceforth be the
established,
and only authorized, creed of the Scottish Kingdom. The same Parliament
abolished papal jurisdiction, and forbade the celebration or hearing of
Mass..."
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.
England
(Before
1066), by Herbert Thurston, in The Catholic Encyclopedia,
Volume
I, 1907, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition by Kevin Knight,
1999.
England
Before
the Reformation (1066-1558), by Herbert Thurston, in The
Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume V, 1909, by Robert Appleton Company, Online
Edition
by Kevin Knight, 1999.
The
Protestant
Reformation, by J. R. Kirsch, The Catholic Encyclopedia,
Volume
XII, 1911, by Robert Appleton Company, from Online Edition by Kevin
Knight,
1999.
Henry
VIII
and
the Reformation in England (1491 - 1547), by Herbert Thurston,
in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VII, 1910, by Robert Appleton
Company,
Online Edition by Kevin Knight, 1999.
The
Anglican Reformation,
by J. Moyes, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume I, 1907, by Robert
Appleton
Company, in the Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999 :
"...Before
the breach with Rome under Henry
VIII (ca. 1532) there was absolutely no doctrinal difference
between
the faith of Englishmen and the rest of Catholic Christendom, and
"Anglicanism",
as connoting a separate or independent religious system, was unknown...
It was not until the year1535 that the English Schism was
consummated.
Pluscarden
Abbey
- [Est. Monestary 1230; elevated to Abbey 1974] Located in
Northern
Scotland, near Elgin. "...It is the only medieval monastery in Britain
still inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose..." History
of the Pluscarden Abbey.
Monasticism
in Britain: Pluscarden Abbey is one of sixteen Houses of
Benedictine
monks in Britain, and there are 11 Houses of Benedictine nuns.
If you know of a web site for a Catholic biography with a Scotland
connection, please
let me know.
St.
Kentigern,
Bishop, founder of the See of Glasgow, (born ca. 518; died at Glasgow,
13 January, 603). : by D. O. Hunter-Blair, from The Catholic
Encyclopedia,
Volume VIII, 1910, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin
Knight, 1999.
St.
Columba,
Abbot of Iona, (born at Garten, County Donegal, Ireland, 7 December,
521;
died 9 June, 597). Columba left Ireland and passed over into
Scotland
in 563.: by Columba Edmonds, from The Catholic Encyclopedia,
Volume
IV, 1908, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight,
1999.
General Scotland
History,
Genealogy and Directories Disclaimer: I have viewed the following sites and found them to
be informative for general and historical research, however, I do not
necessarily
agree with the content or wish to present these links as Catholic
resources.
General
Register
Office for Scotland: "...The General Register Office for Scotland
is
the UK Government department responsible for the registration of
births,
marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying
out periodic censuses of Scotland's population..." (Church of Scotland)
Scots Origins - " is
the
official,
Governmental source of genealogical data for Scotland. It is an
online
"pay-per-view" database of indexes from the genealogical records
of the General Register Office for Scotland - the GRO(S)... indexes of
the Old Parish Registers of births/baptisms and banns/marriages dating
from 1553 to 1854; the indices of Statutory Registers of births, deaths
and marriages from 1855 to 1898; and the index to census records for
1891...
Scottish Christian
- Churches and Christianity in Scotland contains information and links
pages for many Christian denominations, including a page for Catholic
links!
Scoot: The
UK
Business
Directory to locate churches.
I am voluntarily creating this site as a helpful guide to
researching
the history of the local Catholic Churches and to help genealogists who
are researching Catholic ancestors in this geographic area.
This is not an official Catholic Church page. Though links to this page for Catholic Church, genealogical,
historical
research and non-profit use are encouraged, please do not download the
page without requesting permission since it contains copyright
protected
material.
If you find an error, have a suggestion, or know of a site
that
you believe will be helpful, please let me know. --Ann
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000-2003, by Ann Mensch. All Rights
Reserved.
11990 Catholic Almanac. Felician A. Foy, O.F.
M.
(Editor),
Rose M. Avato (Associate Editor). Huntington: Our Sunday Visitory
Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor,
Inc.
and
1998 Catholic Almanac. Felician A. Foy, O.F. M. and Rose
M.
Avato
(Editors and Compilers). Huntington: Our Sunday Visitory
Publishing
Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.