Diocese of Paisley

Diocese of Paisley Dioecesis Pasletanus
St Mirin's Cathedral in Paisley
Location
Country	Scotland
Territory	Most of the council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire
Ecclesiastical province	Glasgow
Metropolitan	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°50′49″N 4°24′58″W / 55.847°N 4.416°W / 55.847; -4.416Coordinates: 55°50′49″N 4°24′58″W / 55.847°N 4.416°W / 55.847; -4.416
Statistics
Area	580 km2 (220 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 375,700 89,300 (23.8%)
Parishes	33
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 May 1947
Cathedral	St Mirin's Cathedral, Paisley
Secular priests	71
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	John Keenan
Metropolitan Archbishop	Philip Tartaglia
Website
rcdop.org.uk

The Diocese of Paisley (Latin: Dioecesis Pasletanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow the diocese covers the historic county of Renfrewshire (now the local government areas of Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde) and is 580 km² (220 sq mi) in area making it the smallest diocese by area in Scotland. In 2004 the Catholic population of the diocese was 79,400 out of a total population of 342,000 (23.2%). The diocese comprises 36 parishes served by 74 priests (2004 figures). The diocese is divided into three deaneries namely St Mirin's Deanery (Renfrewshire), St Mary's Deanery (Inverclyde) and St John's Deanery (East Renfrewshire).

The mother house of the religious society the Jericho Benedictines is in the village of Kilbarchan, near the town of Johnstone within the diocese.

The Diocese is led by the Bishop of Paisley, currently the Right Reverend John Keenan the fifth bishop of the diocese. The mother church of the diocese and seat of the bishop is St Mirin's Cathedral in the town of Paisley. The motto of the diocese is "For the Good of Souls".

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