Vicariate Apostolic of the Lowland District
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis |
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Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh
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| 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°WCoordinates: 56°11′20″N 3°37′52″W / 56.189°N 3.631°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,504 km2 (2,125 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 1,555,000 117,600 (7.6%) |
| Parishes | 112 |
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| 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 |
| Emeritus Bishops | Keith O'Brien, Archbishop-emeritus of St Andrews & Edinburgh |
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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.
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