Diocese of Motherwell, Scotland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Motherwell / Matrisfontis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Glasgow

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 14

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1947.05.25: Established as Diocese of Motherwell / Matrisfontis (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Glasgow and became suffragan of Glasgow)

Contact Info

Address: Diocesan Centre, Coursington Road, Motherwell ML1 1PP, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Phone: (01698) 269.114

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.04.29 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Anthony Toal (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Motherwell (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Toal (68)
(2014.04.29 – ...)

Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland)

Walk humbly with your God

Born:	1956.10.13 (Roy Bridge, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.12.08

Priest of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland) (1980.07.10 – 2008.10.16)

Bishop of Argyll and The Isles (Scotland) (2008.10.16 – 2014.04.29)

Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of Scotland (2012.11.05 – 2018.11.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Motherwell (Scotland) (2013.05.31 – 2014.04.29)

Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland) (2014.04.29 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Toal (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.05.31 – 2014.04.29)

Bishop Joseph Devine
(1983.05.13 – 2013.05.31)

Sectamini caritatem

Born:	1937.08.07 (Kirkintilloch, Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.31
Died:	2019.05.23 (Lanarkshire, Scotland † 81)

Titular Bishop of Voli (1977.05.05 – 1983.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow (Scotland) (1977.05.05 – 1983.05.13)

Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland) (1983.05.13 – 2013.05.31)

Bishop Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson
(1964.12.08 – 1982.12.14)

Sperans in Domino

Born:	1917.05.15 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.02.24
Died:	1987.12.06 († 70)

Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland) (1964.12.08 – 1982.12.14)

Bishop James Donald Scanlan (later Archbishop)
(1955.05.23 – 1964.01.29)

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 Edward Wilson Douglas
(1948.02.07 – 1954.02.09)

Born:	1901.08.21 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:	1924.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.04.21
Died:	1967.06.12 († 65)

Bishop of Motherwell (Scotland) (1948.02.07 – 1954.02.09)

Titular Bishop of Botrys (1954.02.09 – 1967.06.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
National Shrine: National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (76)

Galloway (↙), Glasgow (↖), Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,178 km²

Population: 154,192 Catholics (23.8% of 648,154 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes

Personnel: 87 priests (74 diocesan, 13 religious), 17 deacons, 44 religious (15 brothers, 29 sisters), 5 seminarians