Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld
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Diocese of Dunkeld Dioecesis Dunkeldensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Territory | City of Dundee and the council areas of Angus, most of Perth and Kinross, and parts of Stirling and Fife |
| Ecclesiastical province | St Andrews and Edinburgh |
| Metropolitan | St Andrews and Edinburgh |
| Coordinates | 56°33′54″N 3°35′06″W / 56.565°N 3.585°WCoordinates: 56°33′54″N 3°35′06″W / 56.565°N 3.585°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,495 km2 (3,280 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 411,500 44,101 (10.7%) |
| Parishes | 35 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 5 March 1878 |
| Cathedral | St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee |
| Secular priests | 33 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Stephen Robson |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Leo Cushley |
| Vicar General | Kenneth J. McCaffrey |
| Emeritus Bishops | Vincent Logan |
| Website | |
| www.rcdod.org.uk | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld (Latin: Dioecesis Dunkeldensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Scotland, forming an episcopal hierarchy distinct from that of England and Wales.
On 9 January 2014, Stephen Robson was enthroned as the diocese's ninth bishop.
It is thought that the diocese was constituted as far back as the middle of the ninth century. The first occupant was styled Bishop of Fortriu, the name by which the kingdom of the northern Picts was then known. This bishop was also styled Abbot of Dunkeld, perhaps holding jurisdiction, formerly enjoyed by Iona, over the other Columban monasteries in Scotland.
The new bishopric appears to have included a great part of what afterwards became the Diocese of Argyll, and retained its jurisdiction over various churches representing old Columban foundations. There were thirty-five bishops of Dunkeld from its foundation until the suppression of the Catholic hierarchy during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century.
The pre-Reformation cathedral, situated in the Perthshire town of Dunkeld, was erected between 1220 and 1500. After the Reformation the cathedral fell partly into ruins, although the choir is used for Presbyterian worship.
The Catholic Church restored the diocese on 4 March 1878, by decree of Pope Leo XIII. Dunkeld is one of the suffragan sees in the archiepiscopal province of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, and includes the counties of Perth, Angus, Clackmannan, Kinross, and the northern part of Fife. The diocesan cathedral is dedicated to Saint Andrew and is located in Dundee rather than Dunkeld, Dundee being the residence of the majority of the Catholics of the diocese and the largest centre of population. The cathedral chapter, erected in 1895, consists of a provost and eight canons.
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