Diocese of Motherwell

Diocese of Motherwell Dioecesis Matrisfontis
Diocese of Motherwell Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Scotland
Territory	Most of the council areas of North and South Lanarkshire and part of Glasgow.
Ecclesiastical province	Ecclesiastical Province of Glasgow
Metropolitan	Glasgow
Statistics
Area	1,178 km2 (455 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 703,000 164,586 (23.4%)
Parishes	75
Churches	74
Schools	12 High Schools
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 May 1947
Cathedral	Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell
Secular priests	113, including retired priests and those working with the Diocese.
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Toal
Metropolitan Archbishop	Philip Tartaglia
Vicar General	Fr Gerard Chromy
Emeritus Bishops	Joseph Devine
Website
rcdom.org.uk

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell (Latin: Dioecesis Matrisfontis) is an ecclesiastical diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland.

The diocese, which was erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow, along with the Diocese of Paisley which was erected on the same day, it remains one of two suffragan sees, under the Archdiocese. On Tuesday 29 April 2014 - the Feast of St Catherine of Siena - Pope Francis appointed Joseph Toal as fifth Bishop of Motherwell.

In 2004, the Catholic population, proportionately the largest in Scotland and second largest in Great Britain, was 165,100 from a total population of 633,000 (26.1%). In 2012 the diocese was served by 65 parish priests, 7 assistant priests and 13 deacons in across its 74 parishes (the number of parishes had reduced to 67 by March 2017). There are currently 35 retired priests from the diocese and 4 who reside in parishes in the diocese. The area of the diocese is 1,178 square kilometres (455 sq mi).

The following is a list of the Bishops of Motherwell:

There are currently 75 parishes and 74 churches in the Diocese which are served by 72 priests and 13 deacons.

Krysztof Garwolinski, administrator of St Patrick's, Wishaw is chaplain to the Polish community. Joseph Vembadamthara is chaplain to the Syro Malabar Community and is an assistant priest at St Cuthbert's, Hamilton.

On Wednesday 24 July 2013, Leo Cushley, a priest of the diocese of Motherwell was appointed the Archbishop of St Andrew's & Edinburgh. Cushley was ordained in 1985 by Devine in St John the Baptist Church, Uddingston before serving in the Cathedral, St Serf's, Airdrie & St Aidan's, Wishaw. Since 1992 he has been a diplomat for the Vatican and held the post as head of the English-language section of the Vatican's Secretariat of State.

Maurice Taylor, a priest of the Diocese is the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Galloway and served as Scotland's representative on the Board of International Commission on English in the Liturgy and was its Chairman from 1997 until 2002.