Archdiocese of Glasgow

55°51′58″N 4°15′25″W / 55.866°N 4.257°W / 55.866; -4.257

The Archdiocese of Glasgow was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen) dioceses of the Scottish church. It was the second largest diocese in the Kingdom of Scotland, including Clydesdale, Teviotdale, parts of Tweeddale, Liddesdale, Annandale, Nithsdale, Cunninghame, Kyle, and Strathgryfe, as well as Lennox, Carrick and the part of Galloway known as Desnes.

Glasgow became an archbishopric in 1492, eventually securing the dioceses of Galloway, Argyll and the Isles as suffragans. The Scottish church broke its allegiance to Rome in 1560, but bishops continued intermittently until 1689.

History[edit]

The diocese of Glasgow became important in the 12th century. It was organized by King David I of Scotland and John, Bishop of Glasgow. There had been an earlier religious site the exact age of which is unknown. According to doubtful hagiographical tradition, this ecclesiastical site had been established by Saint Kentigern. The bishopric became one of the largest and wealthiest in the Kingdom of Scotland, bringing wealth and status to the town. Somewhere between 1175 and 1178 this position was strengthened even further when Bishop Jocelin obtained for the episcopal settlement the status of burgh from King William the Lion, allowing the settlement to expand with the benefits of trading monopolies and other legal guarantees. Sometime between 1189 and 1195 this status was supplemented by an annual fair, which survives to this day as the Glasgow Fair.

Until 1560, when practice of the Catholic Faith was suppressed by act of the Parliament of Scotland, nearly all the bishops of Glasgow took an active share in the government of the country; whether as chancellors or treasurers of the kingdom or as members of regency during the minority of a sovereign. Robert Wishart (consecrated 1272, d. 1316) was conspicuous for his patriotism during the Scottish War of Independence from England, and was the close friend of William Wallace and Robert Bruce. William Turnbull (consecrated 1447, d. 1454), obtained in 1450 from Pope Nicholas V the charter of foundation for the University of Glasgow.

On 9 January 1492, Pope Innocent VIII raised the see to metropolitan rank, attaching to it the suffragan dioceses of Argyle, Dunblane, Dunkeld, and Galloway. James Beaton, nephew of the celebrated Cardinal David Beaton, was the fourth and last archbishop of the old hierarchy.

In 1560, eight years after his nomination, he was forced to retire to France, where he acted as confidential agent of Mary, Queen of Scots, and later openly as ambassador for James VI, till his death in Paris, 25 April 1603. He carried away with him the diocesan records, two of which deserve special mention: (1) "Registrum Vetus Ecclesiae Cathedralis Glasguensis", in handwriting of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and (2) "Liber Ruber Ecclesiae Glasguensis", with entries from about 1400 to 1476. These, along with other records, were in 1843 printed in a volume for the Maitland Club under the title: "Registrum Episcopatus Glasguensis: Munimenta Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Glasguensis a sede restauratâ saeculo ineunte XII ad reformatam religionem". A more splendid memorial of those times still remains in the old cathedral of St. Mungo, which was begun by Bishop Jocelyn (consecrated 1175, d. 1199) and received its last additions from Archbishop Blackader (consecr. 1484, d. 1508).

Restoration[edit]

In 1828, as part of the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy, the Holy See erected the Western District or Vicariate of Scotland, and the first vicar Apostolic to reside in Glasgow was Andrew Scott, Bishop of Eretria (b. 1772, d, 1846). He was succeeded by John Murdoch, Bishop of Castabala (b. 1796, d. 1865) and John Gray, Bishop of Hypsopolis (b. 1817, d. 1872). On the resignation of Bishop Gray in 1869 Charles Petre Eyre (b. 1817, d. 1902) was consecrated Archbishop of Anazarba and appointed administrator Apostolic. On the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy by Pope Leo XIII, 4 March 1878, the Archbishopric of Glasgow was re-established, and Archbishop Eyre was transferred to the restored see.

Bishops and archbishops[edit]

Parishes[edit]

Parishes listed by deanery:

Annandale

Annan
Applegarth
Brydekirk (St Brigit)
Carruthers
Castlemilk
Corrie
Cummertrees
Dalton Magna
Dalton Parva
Dornock
Dryfesdale (St Cuthbert)
Ecclefechan
Gretna
Hoddom
Hutton Magna
Hutton Parva
Johnstone
Kirkconnell (St Connall) independent parsonage
Kirkpatrick Fleming (St Patrick)
Kirkpatrick Juxta (St Patick)
Lochmaben
Luce
Middlebie
Moffat
Mouswald
Pennersaughs
Redkirk (St Patrick)
Ruthwell
Sibbaldbie (St James)
Trailtrow
Tundergarth
Wamphray

Carrick

Ballantrae (St Cuthbert)
Colmonell or Kilcolmonell (St Colmán Elo)
Dailly (St Ciaran)
Girvan
Kirkbride (St Brigit)
Kirkmichael (St Michael)
Kirkoswald (St Oswald)
Maybole
Straiton

Dessenes

Colmonell (St Colmán Elo)
Colvend
Kirkbean (St Bean)
Kirkbride or Blaikit (St Brigit)
Kirkgunzeon (St Finian)
Kirkpatrick Durham (St Patrick)
Kirkpatrick Irongray (St Patrick)
Lochrutton
New Abbey
Southwick
Terregles
Urr (St Constantine)

Eskdale

Canonbie
Eskdalemuir
Ewes (St Martin)
Kirkandrews on Esk (St Andrew)
Overkirk of Ewes (St Cuthbert)
Staplegorton
Wauchope
Westerkirk

Kyle and Cunningham

Ardrossan
Auchinleck
Ayr
Barnweill
Beith
Coylton
Craigie
Cumbrae
Dalmellington
Dalry
Dalrymple
Dreghorn
Dundonald (St Giles)
Dunlop
Fenwick
Galston
Irvine
Kilbirnie (St Brendan)
Kilmarnock (St Ernan)
Kilmaurs (St Maura)
Kilwinning
Largs (St Columba)
Loudoun
Mauchline
Monkton (St Cuthbert)
New Cumnock
Ochiltree
Old Cumnock
Pierston
Prestwick St Nicholas (St Nicholas)
Riccarton
St Quivox
Stevenson (St Monachus)
Stewarton
Symington
Tarbolton
West Kilbride (St Brigit)

Lanark

Biggar
Carluke (St Loesuc ?)
Carmichael (St Michael ?)
Carnwath
Carstairs
Covington
Crawford (St Constantine)
Crawfordjohn
Culter
Dolphinton
Douglas
Dunsyre
East Kilbride (St Brigit)
Lamington (St Finian ?)
Lanark (St Kentigern)
Lesmahagow (St Fechin)
Libberton
Nemphlar
Pettinain
Quothquhan
Roberton
Stonehouse
Symington
Thankerton (St John)
Walston
Wandel
Wiston

Lennox

Antermony
Baldernock
Balfron
Bonhill
Buchanan (St Kentigern)
Campsie
Cardross
Drymen (St Columba ?)
Dumbarton
Fintry
Killearn
Kilmaronock (St Ronan)
Kilsyth
Kirkintilloch
Luss (St Kessog)
New Kilpatrick
Old Kilpatrick
Rhu
Rosneath
Strathblane

Nithsdale

Caerlaverock
Closeburn (St Osbern ?)
Dalgarnock
Dumfries
Dumgree
Dunscore (St Cairbre)
Durisdeer
Garvald
Glencairn
Holywood
Kirkbride (St Brigit)
Kirkconnell (St Conall)
Kirkmahoe (St Kentigern)
Morton
Penpont
Sanquhar
Tinwald
Torthorwald
Trailflat
Troqueer
Tynron

Peebles

Broughton (St Lolan)
Drumelzier
Eddleston
Ettrick
Glenholm (St Cuthbert)
Innerleithen
Kailzie
Kilbucho (St Beoga)
Kirkurd
Lyne
Manor
Newlands
Peebles
Skirling
Stobo
Traquair
West Linton
Yarrow (St Mary)

Rutherglen

Avondale (St Mary)
Blantyre
Bothwell (St Bride)
Cadder
Cambuslang
Cambusnethan
Carmunnock
Cathcart (St Oswald)
Dalserf or Machanshire
Dalziel
Eaglesham
Eastwood
Erskine
Glasgow (St Kentigern)
Glassford
Govan (St Constantine)
Hamilton
Houston (St Peter)
Inchinnan
Inverkip
Kilbarchan (St Berchan)
Killellan (St Fillan)
Kilmacolm (St Columba)
Lochwinnoch (St Finan)
Mearns
Neilston
New Monkland
Old Monkland
Paisley (St Mirren)
Pollock
Port Glasgow
Renfrew
Rutherglen
Shotts
Torrance

Teviotdale

Abbotrule
Ancrum
Ashkirk
Bedrule
Bowden
Castletown (St Martin)
Cavers Magna
Cavers Parva
Crailing
Eckford
Ettleton
Galashiels
Hassendean (St Kentigern)
Hawick
Hobkirk
Hownam
Jedburgh
Kelso
Lampitlaw
Lilliesleaf
Linton
Longnewton
Maxton
Maxwell
Melrose
Minto
Morebattle
Mow
Nisbet
Old Roxburgh
Oxnam
Rankilburn
Roxburgh (Holy Sepulchre)
Roxburgh (St James)
Selkirk Abbatis
Selkirk Regis
Southdean
Sprouston
St Boswells (St Bosil)
Wheelkirk
Wilton
Yetholm

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References[edit]

^ "The Parishes of Medieval Scotland | About". University of Stirling. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ "Parish List – Scottish Place-Name Society". Retrieved 8 July 2022.

External links[edit]

Glasgow Cathedral Precinct Archived 28 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Provides an extensive history of the pre-Reformation diocese.

[1] "The Parishes of Medieval Scotland | About". University of Stirling. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[2] "Parish List – Scottish Place-Name Society". Retrieved 8 July 2022.

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