The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh () is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the 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, and its cathedral is St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.

History

After the Scottish Reformation, the 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.

Office holders

;Prefecture Apostolic of Scotland.

  • Leo Cushley (appointed on 24 July and consecrated on 21 September 2013 – present)

Coadjutor Vicars Apostolic

  • Alexander Cameron (1797–1805)
  • John Geddes (1779–1797), did not succeed to see
  • James Gillis (1837–1852)
  • James Gordon (1705–1718)
  • James Grant (1755–1767)
  • George Hay (1768–1778)
  • Thomas Joseph Nicholson (1694–1718)
  • Alexander Patterson (1816–1825)
  • Alexander Smith (1735–1746)
  • John Wallace (1720–1733), died without succeeding to see

Auxiliary bishops

  • Henry Grey Graham (1917–1930)
  • James Monaghan (1970–1989)
  • Kevin Lawrence Rafferty (1990–1996)
  • Stephen Robson (2012–2013), appointed Bishop of Dunkeld

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • George Henry Bennett, appointed Bishop of Aberdeen in 1918
  • Vincent Paul Logan, appointed Bishop of Dunkeld in 1981
  • Hugh MacDonald, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Highland District in 1731
  • James Maguire, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld in 1939
  • William Henry Mellon, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Galloway in 1935
  • Ian Murray, appointed Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in 1999
  • George Rigg, appointed Bishop of Dunkeld in 1878
  • James Augustine Smith, appointed Bishop of Dunkeld in 1890; later returned here as Archbishop
  • Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson, appointed Bishop of Motherwell in 1964
  • William Turner, appointed Bishop of Galloway in 1893

References

  • GCatholic.org
  • Catholic Hierarchy