Episode 1158
Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway
Sun, 2020-Jul-05 00:13 UTC
Length - 2:40
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The random article for Sunday, 5 July 2020 is Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway (Latin: Dioecesis Candidae Casae o Gallovidianus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. The pre-Reformation Diocese of Galloway, held to have been founded by St Ninian in the fifth century, had broken allegiance with Rome in 1560, and disappeared in 1689. The territory of the modern diocese incorporates, the local authority areas of Dumfries and Galloway, South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and parts of North Ayrshire, (Cumbrae). The bishop's cathedra is at St Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr.
The diocese was re-established by the Roman Catholic Church on 4 March 1878, with its cathedral in Dumfries and its territory covering the sparse and rural counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Wigtownshire and parts of Ayrshire. Following the reorganisation of the Archdiocese of Glasgow in 1947, parishes to the north of Galloway were transferred to it from Glasgow, creating a significant population centre for the first time around the town of Ayr. In response to this development Bishop McGee moved his residence from Dumfries to Ayr and, following a catastrophic fire at St Andrew's Cathedral in May 1962, it was decided that the Good Shepherd Church, Ayr should also become the diocesan cathedral. The third and present cathedral, following the closure of Good Shepherd Cathedral in May 2007, is St Margaret's Cathedral in Ayr.
The eighth and present bishop of the diocese is the Right Reverend William Nolan.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:13 UTC on Sunday, 5 July 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway on Wikipedia.
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