Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld

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Diocese of Dunkeld

Dioecesis Dunkeldensis
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Location
CountryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
TerritoryCity 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
MetropolitanSt Andrews and Edinburgh
Coordinates 56°33′54″N3°35′06″W / 56.565°N 3.585°W / 56.565; -3.585
Statistics
Area8,495 km2 (3,280 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2021)
333,101
63,260 [1]  (19%)
Parishes44
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established5 March 1878
Cathedral St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee
Secular priests 35
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Leo Cushley
Vicar GeneralKenneth J. McCaffrey
Bishops emeritus Stephen Robson
Website
www.rcdod.org.uk

The Diocese of Dunkeld (Latin : Dioecesis Dunkeldensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in southern Scotland. On 28 December 2022, the Diocese became sede vacante following the resignation of Bishop Stephen Robson due to ill health.

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History

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. [2]

In 1127 King Alexander, who had already founded the Diocese of Moray farther north, erected Dunkeld into a cathedral church and replaced the Columban monks by a chapter of secular canons. 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. [2]

The Catholic Church restored the diocese on 4 March 1878, by decree of Pope Leo XIII. The cathedral chapter, erected in 1895, consisted of a provost and eight canons. [2]

Present day

Dunkeld is a suffragan see of the Archdioceese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and includes the counties of Perth, Angus, Clackmannan, Kinross, and the northern part of Fife. In 2020 the diocese comprised 45 parishes of 43,000 Catholics from a total population of 400,000 (10.8%) served by 35 priests and 4 deacons. In area the diocese is 8,495 square kilometres (3,280 sq mi). 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. [1]

Parishes

City of Dundee

Angus

Clackmannanshire

Fife

Kinross-shire

St James’, Kinross

Perthshire and Stirlingshire

Education

Due to the number of immigrants from Ireland during the 19th century, the see city of Dundee has always had a higher percentage of Catholics (between 18%-20%) than other cities and towns on the East Coast. As a result, since that time, there have been a good number of primary and secondary schools in the diocese. As of 2010, the Diocese website listed 21 primary schools and 4 secondary schools: two in Dundee (St. John's and St. Paul's [3] ), St John's Academy [4] in Perth and Kilgraston School (an independent school) in Bridge of Earn some few miles south-east of Perth.

Religious communities

There are 5 institutes of religious life for men: the Redemptorists who run a retreat centre at Kinnoull in Perth; the Pallotines at St. Joseph's, who serve the Polish community in Dundee; the CST Fathers (Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux) (an Oriental rite foundation from India) in the parish of St. Clement of Rome; the SMA Fathers (Society of African Missions) in Dunblane and the Marist Brothers who teach. Within the diocese there are 7 institutes of religious life for women: the Columban Sisters, the Little Sisters of the Poor (left 2015), the Religious Sisters of Charity, the Servite Sisters, the Sisters of Mercy, the Society of the Sacred Heart and the Ursulines. These women are involved in a variety of ministries: teaching, administration, parish work and running a home for the elderly.

The Diocese also operates its own facility for elderly people: St. Mary's Home in Monifieth as well as a day care centre attached to the home.

In August 2015 the Little Sisters of the Poor, who had been resident at St. Joseph's, Wellburn for more than 150 years, announced that they could no longer continue to run their care home due to diminishing numbers of Sisters. The Diocese purchased the care home from the Sisters so that the care of the elderly mission at the home may continue. In 2015 a Care Home Manager was appointed to operate the facility on behalf of the Diocese, but given the age and condition of the premises, the home was closed in 2017.

Bishops

Past and present ordinaries

(Modern Bishops are included in the above-mentioned main article, but are not the only part of post-Reformation bishops.)
The following is a list of the modern Bishops of Dunkeld: [5]

Coadjutor Bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Diocese of Dunkeld
  2. 1 2 3 Hunter-Blair, Oswald. "Diocese of Dunkeld." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 29 January 2020PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. "St. Paul's" . Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. "St. John's RC Academy" . Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. "Diocese of Dunkeld". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  6. "Bishop - sede vacante". DIOCESE of DUNKELD. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. "Our Bishop-elect Fr Martin Chambers". Diocese of Dunkeld. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Dunkeld". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.