Dioceses of the Catholic Church in Scotland
There are eight diocese in Scotland, divided into two Provinces - the Eastern and Western, with the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh and Archbishop of Glasgow Metropolitans in each respectively.
Eastern Province
ST ANDREWS AND EDINBURGH
Restored in 1878, the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
comprises the City of Edinburgh; Scottish Borders; East Lothian;
Midlothian; West Lothian; Falkirk; Stirling (except the parishes
of Callander & Aberfoyle & Doune & Killin and Dunblane); Fife
(except the the parishes of Cupar & Auchtermuchty, High
Valleyfield & Kincardine-on-Forth, and Newport-on-Tay & Leuchars
& Tayport); in East Dunbartonshire, the parishes of Lennoxtown,
Milton of Campsie and Torrance; in North Lanarkshire, the parish
of Kilsyth
ABERDEEN
Restored in 1878, the Diocese of Aberdeen comprises the City of
Aberdeen; Aberdeenshire; Highland (except the parish of
Kingussie, the former district of Lochaber and the Isle of Skye);
Moray; Orkney Islands; Shetland
ARGYLL AND THE ISLES
Restored in 1878, the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles comprises
the Cathedral City of Oban; Argyll and Bute (except the parishes
of Cardross, Helensburgh, Garelochhead and Rosneath); in North
Ayrshire, the Isle of Arran; Western Isles; in Highland, the
parish of Kingussie, the former district of Lochaber and the Isle
of Skye
DUNKELD
Restored in 1878, the Diocese of Dunkeld comprises the City of
Dundee; Angus; Clackmannan; Perthshire and Kinross; in Fife, the
parishes of Cupar & Auchtermuchty, High Valleyfield &
Kincardine-on-Forth, and Newport-on-Tay & Leuchars & Tayport; in
Stirling, the parishes of Callander & Aberfoyle & Doune & Killin
and Dunblane
GALLOWAY
Restored in 1878, the Diocese of Galloway comprises the Cathedral
City of Ayr; East Ayrshire; North Ayrshire (except the Isle of
Arran); South Ayrshire; and Dumfries and Galloway
Western Province
GLASGOW
Restored in 1878, the Archdiocese of Glasgow comprises the City
of Glasgow (except the parishes of St Benedict and St Clare,
Easterhouse; Baillieston; and Craigend & Garthamlock); East
Dunbartonshire (except the parishes of Lennoxtown, Milton of
Campsie and Torrance); West Dunbartonshire; in Argyll and Bute,
the parishes of Cardross, Garelochhead, Helensburgh and Rosneath;
in East Renfrewshire, the part of the parish of Thornliebank
lying outside the City of Glasgow; in North Lanarkshire, the
parishes of Condorrat, Cumbernauld and Croy and the area of
Auchinloch
MOTHERWELL
Erected in 1947, the Diocese of Motherwell comprises the
Cathedral City of Motherwell; in the City of Glasgow, the
parishes of St Benedict and St Clare, Easterhouse, Baillieston;
and Craigend & Garthamlock; North Lanarkshire (except the
parishes of Kilsyth, Condorrat, Croy and Cumbernauld and the area
of Auchinloch); and South Lanarkshire
PAISLEY
Erected in 1947, the Diocese of Paisley comprises the Cathedral
City of Paisley; East Renfrewshire (except the part of the parish
of Thornliebank lying outside the City of Glasgow); Inverclyde;
and Renfrewshire
