Diocese of Dunkeld, Scotland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dunkeld / Dunkelden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Columbkill (June 9)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1107.06.20: Established as Diocese of Dunkeld / Fortrenn
1150: Lost territory to Diocese of Brechin and lost territory to establish Diocese of Dunblane
1193: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Argyll
1472.08.17: Became suffragan of Saint Andrews
1560.08.07: Suppressed
1878.03.04: Restored as Diocese of Dunkeld / Dunkelden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, 24-28 Lawside Road, Dundee, DD3 6XY, Scotland

Phone: (01382)22.54.53

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.05.27 – ...):

Bishop Andrew McKenzie (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dunkeld (Roman Rite)

Bishop Andrew McKenzie (60)
(2024.05.27 – ...)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Born:	1964.10.14 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1988.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.08.10

Priest of Glasgow (Scotland) (1988.10.31 – 2024.05.27)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (2024.05.27 – ...)

Fr. Martin James Chambers
(2024.02.02 – 2024.04.10 not possessed)

Let your light shiine

Born:	1964.06.08 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1989.08.25
Died:	2024.04.10 (Troon, Scotland † 59)

Priest of Galloway (Scotland) (1989.08.25 – 2024.04.10)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (2024.02.02 – 2024.04.10 not possessed)

Bishop Stephen Robson (73)
(2013.12.11 – 2022.12.28)

Bishop emeritus of Dunkeld (Scotland)

Peregrinator pro Christo

Born:	1951.04.01 (Carlisle, England)
Ordained Priest:	1979.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.06.09

Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (1979.03.17 – 2012.05.08)

Titular Bishop of Tunnuna (2012.05.08 – 2013.12.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (2012.05.08 – 2013.12.11)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (2013.12.11 – 2022.12.28)

Bishop Vincent Paul Logan
(1981.01.26 – 2012.06.30)

Verbum Dei proclamare

Born:	1941.06.30 (Bathgate, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1964.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.02.26
Died:	2021.01.14 (Monifieth, Scotland † 79)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1981.01.26 – 2012.06.30)

Bishop William Andrew Hart
(1955.05.27 – 1981.01.26)

Born:	1904.09.09 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1929.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.09.21
Died:	1992.10.18 († 88)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1955.05.27 – 1981.01.26)

Bishop James Donald Scanlan (later Archbishop)
(1949.05.31 – 1955.05.23)

Born:	1899.01.24 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1929.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.06.20
Died:	1976.03.25 (London, England † 77)

Priest of Westminster (England) (1929.06.29 – 1946.04.27)

Titular Bishop of Cyme (1946.04.27 – 1949.05.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1946.04.27 – 1949.05.31)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1949.05.31 – 1955.05.23)

Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland) (1955.05.23 – 1964.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1964.01.29 – 1974.04.23)

Bishop John Toner
(1914.09.08 – 1949.05.31)

Born:	1857.03.14 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1882.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.10.15
Died:	1949.05.31 († 92)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1914.09.08 – 1949.05.31)

Bishop Robert Fraser
(1913.05.14 – 1914.03.28)

Born:	1858.08.10 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1882.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.05.25
Died:	1914.03.28 († 55)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1913.05.14 – 1914.03.28)

Bishop Angus MacFarlane
(1901.02.21 – 1912.09.24)

Born:	1843.01.10 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1868.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.05.01
Died:	1912.09.24 († 69)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1901.02.21 – 1912.09.24)

Bishop James August Smith (later Archbishop)
(1890.08.14 – 1900.08.30)

Born:	1841.10.18 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1866.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.10.28
Died:	1928.11.25 († 87)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1890.08.14 – 1900.08.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Scotland) (1900.08.30 – 1928.11.25)

Bishop George Rigg
(1878.03.22 – 1887.01.18)

Born:	1814.07.19 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1838.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.05.26
Died:	1887.01.18 († 72)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1878.03.22 – 1887.01.18)

Bishop Robert Crichton
(1554 – 1571)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1585.03

Coadjutor Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1543 – 1554)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1554 – 1571)

Bishop Donald Campbell
(1549 – 1553)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1562.12

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1549 – 1553)

Bishop John Hamilton (later Archbishop)
(1544 – 1547)

Born:	1511 (Scotland)
Died:	1571.04.06 († 59)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1544 – 1547)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Andrews (Scotland) (1547 – 1571.04.06)

Bishop George Crichton
(1526 – 1544.01.24)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1544.01.24

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1526 – 1544.01.24)

Bishop Robert Cockburn
(1524.04.27 – 1526.04.12)

Born:	(Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1514.04.27
Died:	1526.04.12

Bishop of Ross (1507.07.09 – 1524.04.27)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1524.04.27 – 1526.04.12)

Bishop Gavin Douglas
(1515 – 1522.09)

Born:	1474 (Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1516
Died:	1522.09 († 47)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1515 – 1522.09)

Bishop George Brown
(1483.10.22 – 1515.01.14)

Born:	1438 (Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1484.06.13
Died:	1515.01.14 († 76)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1483.10.22 – 1515.01.14)

Bishop James Livingston
(1475 – 1483.08.28)

Born:	(Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1476.06.30
Died:	1483.08.28

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1475 – 1483.08.28)

Bishop Thomas Lauder
(1452 – 1475)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1481.11.04

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1452 – 1475)

Bishop John de Ralston
(1447 – 1452)

Born:	(Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1429
Consecrated Bishop:	1448.04
Died:	1452

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1447 – 1452)

Bishop William Turnbull
(1447 – 1447)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1454

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1447 – 1447)

Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1447 – 1454)

Bishop James Bruce
(1441 – 1447)

Born:	(Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1442.02.04
Died:	1447

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1441 – 1447)

Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1447 – 1447)

Bishop James Kennedy
(1437.07.01 – 1440.04)

Born:	1408 (Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1438
Died:	1465.05.24 († 56)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1437.07.01 – 1440.04)

Bishop of Saint Andrews (Scotland) (1440.04 – 1465.05.24)

Bishop Robert de Cardeny
(1398.11.17 – 1437.01.16)

Born:	(Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1399.11
Died:	1437.01.16

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1398.11.17 – 1437.01.16)

Bishop Robert Sinclair
(1391.02.01 – 1398)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1398

Bishop of Kirkwall (Scotland) (1383 – 1391.02.01)

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1391.02.01 – 1398)

Fr. Andrew Umfray
(1377.06.17 – 1378)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1378

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1377.06.17 – 1378)

Bishop John de Peebles
(1377 – 1390)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1390

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1377 – 1390)

Bishop Michael de Monymusk
(1370.11.13 – 1376.03.01)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1376.03.01

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1370.11.13 – 1376.03.01)

Bishop John Luce
(1355.05.18 – 1370)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1370

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1355.05.18 – 1370)

Bishop Donnchadh de Strathearn
(1347 – 1355)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1355

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1347 – 1355)

Bishop Richard de Pilmor
(1344.07 – 1347.11)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1347.11

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) ([1337] 1344.07 – 1347.11)

Bishop William Sinclair
(1309 – 1337.06.27)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1337.06.27

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1309 – 1337.06.27)

Bishop Matthew de Crambeth
(1288 – 1309)

Born:	(Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1288
Died:	1309

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1288 – 1309)

Bishop William
(1283 – 1288)

Born:	(Scotland)
Consecrated Bishop:	1283
Died:	1288

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1283 – 1288)

Fr. Hugh de Strivelyn
(1283 – 1283)

Born:	(Scotland)
Died:	1283

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1283 – 1283)

Bishop Robert de Stuteville
(1273 – 1283)

Died:

1283

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1273 – 1283)

Bishop Richard de Inverkeithing
(1250 – 1272.04.16)

Consecrated Bishop:	1252
Died:	1272.04.16

Bishop of Dunkeld (Scotland) (1250 – 1272.04.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Donald Scanlan (later Archbishop) (1946.04.27 – 1949.05.31)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Maguire (1939.10.05 – 1944.10.10)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Robert Crichton (1543 – 1554)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St Andrew, Dundee, Dundee City
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Brechin Cathedral, Brechin, Angus
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Cathedral Church of St Blaan and St Laurence, Dunblane, Stirling
Former Cathedral (now Protestant church): Former Cathedral of St Columba, Dunkeld, Dundee City

Churches by City (48)

Glasgow (↙), Argyll and The Isles (←), Aberdeen (↑), Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,495 km²

Population: 64,550 Catholics (19.4% of 332,146 total)

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes

Personnel: 63 priests (43 diocesan, 20 religious), 11 deacons, 31 religious (20 brothers, 11 sisters)