Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh

Metropolitan Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh
Location
Country	Scotland
Territory	City of Edinburgh and the council areas of Clackmannanshire, part of Fife, Falkirk, West, Mid and East Lothian, and the Scottish Borders
Ecclesiastical province	St Andrews & Edinburgh
Metropolitan	Archbishop of St Andrews & Edinburgh
Coordinates	56°11′20″N 3°37′52″W / 56.189°N 3.631°W / 56.189; -3.631Coordinates: 56°11′20″N 3°37′52″W / 56.189°N 3.631°W / 56.189; -3.631
Statistics
Area	5,504 km2 (2,125 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,555,000 117,600 ( 7.6%)
Parishes	112
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4 March 1878
Cathedral	St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh
Secular priests	76
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Leo Cushley
Vicar General	Patrick Burke Allan Chambers
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Website
www.archdiocese-edinburgh.com

Patrick Burke

The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews & Edinburgh (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the Metropolitan see of the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, consisting of the additional suffragan sees of Aberdeen, Argyll and the Isles, Dunkeld, and Galloway. The archdiocese is led by Archbishop Leo Cushley.

After the Scottish Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church abandoned the ancient dioceses and hierarchy. In 1653, the whole of Scotland became under the authority the Prefecture Apostolic of Scotland, which in 1694 was elevated to the Vicariate Apostolic of Scotland.

On 23 July 1727, Scotland was divided into two Vicariates Apostolic, the Lowland District and Highland District. The Lowland District comprised roughly the Scottish Lowlands.

On 13 February 1827, Scotland was divided again into three Vicariate Apostolics, the Eastern District (formerly the Lowland District), the Northern District (formerly the Highland District), and the Western District (created from terrority of the other two districts).

The Eastern District comprised the sixteen eastern historic counties of Perthshire, Angus, Kincardineshire, Stirlingshire, Clackmannanshire, Kinross, Fife, West Lothian, Mid Lothian, East Lothian, Peebleshire, Selkirkshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfrieshire, Roxburghshire, and Berwickshire.