Diocese of Aberdeen was one of the 13 (14, after 1633)
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
s of the Scottish church, before the abolition of the episcopacy in 1689.
Early history
A see was founded in 1063 at
Mortlach by Blessed
Beyn. The earliest mention of the
See
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* Music:
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*** "See", song by The Rascals, on the album ''See''
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* Television
* ...
of Aberdeen is in the charter of the foundation, by the
Earl of Buchan
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, of the
Church
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* Chris ...
of
Deer
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(c. 1152), which is witnessed by
Nectan,
Bishop of Aberdeen
The Bishop of Aberdeen (originally Bishop of Mortlach, in Latin Murthlacum) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Nech ...
. The first ecclesiastical record may be found in a
Papal Bull of
Pope Adrian IV
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(1157), confirming to
Bishop Edward the churches of Aberdeen and
Saint Machar
Machar was a 6th-century Irish Saint active in Scotland.
A Bishop of Irish origin, Machar is said to have been a former nobleman, baptized by St Colman. He came to Iona with Columba and preached in Mull and later ministered to the Picts around ...
, with the town of
Old Aberdeen
Old Aberdeen is part of the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. Old Aberdeen was originally a separate burgh, which was erected into a burgh of barony on 26 December 1489. It was incorporated into adjacent Aberdeen by Act of Parliament in 1891. It ret ...
and other lands.
The granite cathedral was built between 1272 and 1277. Bishop
Thomas Spence
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founded a
Franciscan
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house in 1480, and
King's College was founded at Old Aberdeen by
Bishop Elphinstone
William Elphinstone (143125 October 1514) was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen.
Biography
He was born in Glasgow. His father, also William Elphinstone, later became the first Dean of the Fac ...
, for eight prebendaries, chapter, sacristan, organist, and six choristers, in 1505. The see was transferred to Old Aberdeen about 1125 and continued there until 1577, having had in that time a list of twenty-nine bishops.
Reformation
The
Scottish Reformation
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was formalised in 1560 when, by act of Parliament, papal authority and many other
Catholic
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beliefs were rejected, resulting in the church in Scotland being separated from the
Holy See
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. In 1582, the
Church of Scotland
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The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...
rejected episcopal government and adopted a
Presbyterian
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model. Two years later, in 1584,
King James VI
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
tried to bring the Church of Scotland under royal control by appointing two bishops; this met vigorous opposition and he was forced to concede that the
General Assembly
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Specific examples of general assembly include:
Churches
* General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presby ...
should continue to run church affairs. However, after acceding to the English throne in 1603, James VI stopped the General Assembly from meeting and increased the number of Scottish bishops. In 1637, the introduction of an English-style Prayer Book into the Scottish church saw riots break out across Scotland, resulting in the abolition of the episcopacy in 1638. However, with the
Restoration
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** Textile restoration
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...
of the
monarchy
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in 1660, episcopacy was reintroduced. Following the
Glorious Revolution
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of 1689, the Scottish bishops refused to swear allegiance to
William of Orange leading to the abolition of the episcopacy and the Presbyterian form of church government being re-established once more.
Restoration of the Diocese
In 1653, Scottish Catholics came under the
Prefecture Apostolic
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of Scotland, which was elevated to the
Vicariate Apostolic of Scotland in 1694. That same year the Scottish Catholic clergy were incorporated into a missionary body by the
Congregation of the Propaganda
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. As growth took place, Scotland was divided into two Vicariate Apostolics in 1727: the Highland District (including Aberdeen) and the Lowland District. The Highland District was renamed the Northern District in 1827 and, in 1878, it became the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen ( la, Dioecesis Aberdonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.
Foundation
The see is the successor of that founded in 1012 at Mortlach by Beyn, which was moved t ...
.
On 4 March 1878
Pope Leo XIII
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restored the Catholic hierarchy of Scotland by proclamation of the
Bull
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includin ...
''
Ex supremo Apostolatus apice''
Acta Sanctae Sedis, vol XI, pages 5-21.
/ref> and Vicar-Apostolic John MacDonald was translated to the restored See of Aberdeen as its first post Reformation bishop.
The Bull made Aberdeen one of the four suffragan sees of the Archbishopric of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, and defined as its territory "the counties of Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
, Kincardine, Banff, Elgin or Moray
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Between 1975 ...
, Nairn
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, Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
(except Lewis
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in the Hebrides
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), Cromarty
Cromarty (; gd, Cromba, ) is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland. Situated at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, it is seaward from In ...
, Sutherland
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, Caithness
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Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
, the Orkney
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and Shetland Islands
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The islands lie about to the no ...
, and that portion of Inverness
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which lies to the north of a straight line drawn from the most northerly point of Loch Luing to the eastern boundary of the said county of Inverness, where the counties of Aberdeen and Banff join."
Bishops
Parishes
Deanery of Mar
# Aboyne
Aboyne ( sco, Abyne, gd, Abèidh) is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and ...
# Alford
# Auchindoir
# Birse
Birse ( gd, Braois/Breis) is a parish in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which includes the communities of Finzean and Ballogie. However the name Birse is often used to refer only to the northwestern part of the parish which l ...
# Clatt
Clatt (Gaelic cleithe, 'concealed'), is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The remains of a morthouse are located in the cemetery of the old church.
Its schools are Clatt Primary School and The Gordon Schools, Huntly.
Clatt Primary School ...
# Clova
# Cluny
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The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 9 ...
# Coldstone
# Coull
# Crathie
Crathie ( gd, Craichidh) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Dee.
Abergeldie Castle is away. It was built around 1550 and had 19th century additions. It was garrisoned by General Hugh Mackay in 1 ...
# Dumeath
# Echt
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* Echt, Aberdeenshire, a village in Scotland
* Echt-Susteren, a municipality in the Netherlands
** Echt, Netherlands
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# Forbes
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# Glenmuick
Glenmuick ( ) is a glen and a former parish in Scotland. Places in the area include Birkhall, Culsh, Deecastle, Inchnabobart, and Spittal of Glenmuick. From Aberdeen city, Glenmuick is to west.
The parish was combined with the parishes of Tullic ...
# Invernochty
# Kearn
# Keig
Keig ( ) is a village within the local government area of Aberdeenshire Council in the North East of Scotland and is located within the Marr area of Aberdeenshire from Alford. It lies on the B992 road between Insch and the village of Whitehous ...
# Kildrummy
Kildrummy ( gd, Cionn Droma) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland near the River Don, west of Alford. The hamlet's primary school closed in 2003.
Its church was built in 1805. Nearby Kildrummy Castle has a long history dating back to at lea ...
# Kinbattoch
# Kincardine O'Neil
Kincardine O'Neil ( gd, Cinn Chàrdainn, sco, Kinker) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated between the towns of Banchory and Aboyne approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Aberdeen on the north bank of the River Dee.
...
# Kindrochit
# Kinnernie
# Leochel-Cushnie
Leochel-Cushnie is a parish in Aberdeenshire, about 40 km west of Aberdeen (West Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)).
The old parishes of Leochel and Cushnie were united in 1795, on the death of Mr. Francis Adam, minister of Cushnie. ...
# Logie Mar
# Lumphanan
Lumphanan ( ; gd, Lann Fhìonain) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland located from Aberdeen and from Banchory.
History
Lumphanan is documented to be the site of the Battle of Lumphanan of 1057 AD, where Malcolm III of Scotland defeated ...
# Midmar
Midmar is a historic settlement in Aberdeenshire, lying north of Banchory and southwest of Inverurie. It is noted for its three stone circles and various standing stones. Midmar and Sunhoney are both recumbent stone circles.
History
The na ...
# Migvie
# Mortlach
# Tarland
Tarland (Gaelic: ''Turlann'') is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and is located northwest of Aboyne, and west of Aberdeen. Population 720 (2016).
Tarland is home to the Culsh Earth House, an Iron Age below-ground dwelling that otherwise ...
# Tough
# Tullich
Tullich (, gd, An Tulach) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is known as the birthplace of St. Nathalan and also as the site of some noted Pictish stones.
The church is the site of a ruined church, built in around 1400. It has been su ...
Deanery of Buchan
# Crimond
Crimond is a village in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland, located northwest of the port of Peterhead and just over from the coast.
Geography
The main A90 road runs through Crimond and is lined by Crimond Church with a villag ...
# Cruden
# Deer
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# Ellon Ellon may refer to:
*Ellon, Aberdeenshire
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# Forvie
# Foveran
Foveran ( gd, Fobharan) is the name of both a parish and village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village is located north of Aberdeen and southeast of Ellon; the main group of houses and the village school are located adjacent to the main A90 ...
# Fyvie
Fyvie is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Geography
Fyvie lies alongside the River Ythan and is on the A947 road.
Architecture
What in 1990, at least, was a Clydesdale Bank was built in 1866 by James Matthews. The ...
# Logie-Buchan
# Longley
# Lonmay
Lonmay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Lòn Magh'') is a village and parish in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies along the A90 road, between Peterhead and Fraserburgh, near to the junction with the A952 road at Cortes. The parish, formerly k ...
# Methlick
Methlick (Scottish Gaelic language, Gaelic: ''Maothulach'') is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the River Ythan north-west of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Ellon.
Services
Methlick is served by a parish church, ...
# Peterugie
# Philorth (now Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire (unitary), Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aber ...
)
# Rathen
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# Slains
Slains Castle may refer to one of two ruined castles in Aberdeenshire, Scotland:
*Old Slains Castle, a 13th-century castle was originally the property of the Comyn Earls of Buchan, near Collieston
*New Slains Castle, a 16th-century tower house, bu ...
# Tarves
Tarves (; gd, Tarbhais), Aberdeenshire, is a small village, situated in the Formartine area of North East Scotland and lies between Oldmeldrum and Methlick.
History
Much of the village was planned and laid out by the Marquess of Aberdeen in ...
Deanery of Garioch
# Auchterless
Auchterless ( gd, Uachdar Leasa, meaning the "Upper Part of Less") is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; grid reference NJ 713 416, postcode AB53 8BG. The nearest large settlement is Turriff. It is traditionally known as "Kirkton of Auchterl ...
# Bethelnie
Oldmeldrum (commonly known as Meldrum) is a village and parish in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, not far from Inverurie in North East Scotland. With a population of around 2,187, Oldmeldrum falls within Scotland's top 300 centres of popu ...
# Bourtie
# Culsalmond
Culsalmond was a 16th-century castle about south east of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near the river Ury.Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.138
History
The castle is thought to have been a property of the Go ...
# Daviot
# Drumblade
Drumblade is a hamlet in north-western Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which lies 4¾ miles east of the town of Huntly.
Schools
Drumblade Primary School is a primary school with a nursery unit, and a total roll of 53 as of 2013. It is a feeder school fo ...
# Dyce
Dyce ( gd, Deis) is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated on the River Don about northwest of the city centre. It is best known as the location of Aberdeen Airport.
History
Dyce is the site of an early medieval church dedicated to the 8 ...
# Fetternear
# Fintray
Hatton of Fintray, commonly referred to as Fintray, is a village on the River Don in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the parish of Fintray. It was a textile village and its church dates from 1821, and there used to be a nearby ferry crossing the ri ...
# Forgue
Forgue is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire. It lies northwest of Aberdeen and northeast of Huntly. The Glendronach distillery is located in Forgue.
Notable residents
* George Bartlet, Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney
* Sir George Stuart Forbes, Indian ...
# Insch
Insch ( gd, An Innis or Innis Mo Bheathain) is a village in the Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located approximately from the city of Aberdeen.
Etymology
The name of the village may have come from the Scottish Gaelic ''innis'', me ...
# Inverurie
Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Inbhir Uraidh'' or ''Inbhir Uaraidh'', 'mouth of the River Ury') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about north-west of Aberdeen.
Geography
Inverurie is in the vall ...
# Kemnay
Kemnay ( Gaelic: ''Camnaidh'') is a village west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History
The village name ''Kemnay'' is believed to originate from the Celtic words that mean "little crook in the river" due to the village loc ...
# Kinkell
# Kennethmont
Kennethmont (archaically Kinnethmont) is a village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately south of Huntly.
It has a population of approximately 470 people. Kennethmont children attend Kennethmont Primary School and the Gordo ...
# Kintore
# Leslie
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* Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters
Families
* Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast"
* Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ...
# Logie-Durno
# Monymusk
Monymusk ( gd, Monadh Musga) is a planned village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History
Malcolm Canmore first established Celtic foundation on the site in 1078 The Culdees of Munimusc are recorded as inhabiting the site in 1170 ...
# Oyne
Oyne is a small village in rural Aberdeenshire at the bottom of Bennachie in Scotland.
Locality
The village has limited local resources. It once had a railway station which closed 6 May 1968, and now has a daily bus service to Inverurie away ...
# Premnay
Auchleven ( gd, Achadh Leamhan) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Located approximately south of Insch, south of Huntly and north-west of Inverurie.
It is also known as Premnay, the name of the parish in which it is located.
Education ...
# Rathmuriel
# Rayne
# Skene
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* Skene, Aberdeenshire, a community in North East Scotland, United Kingdom
* Skene, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
* Skene, Sweden, a village now part of Kinna, Sweden
* Skene (automobi ...
# Tullynessle
Tullynessle is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, three miles NNW of Alford.
The settlement contains the Category A listed Terpersie Castle, a privately owned 16th-century tower house. It formerly contained Tullynessle Tower, now gone, which ...
Deanery of Boyne
# Aberdour
Aberdour (; Scots: , gd, Obar Dobhair) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland. It is on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south to the island of Inchcolm and its Abbey, and to Leith and Edinburgh beyo ...
# Alvah
# Banff
# Cullen
# Farskin
# Fordyce
# Forglen
# Gamrie
Gardenstown ( sco, Gamrie) is a small coastal village, by road east of Banff in Aberdeenshire, northeastern Scotland.
The village's main economic base is fishing. Gardenstown is served by Gardenstown New Church. The hamlet of Dubford is to th ...
# Inverboyndie
# King Edward
# Monbrey
# Ordiquhill
# Rathven
Rathven ( sco, Raffin) is an ecclesiastical parish, village and former civil parish in the historic county of Banff, now in Moray, Scotland. The civil parish was last used as a census subdivision in 2001 when the population was 12,378, The for ...
# Turriff
Turriff () is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about above sea level, and has a population of 5,708. In everyday speech it is often referred to by its Scots name ''Turra'', which is derived fr ...
# Tyrie
Deanery of Aberdeen
# Aberdeen Cathedral
# Aberdeen St Michael
# Banchory-Devenick
Banchory-Devenick ( gd, Beannchar Dòmhnaig) is a village approximately two kilometres south of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire. The village should not be confused with the historic civil parish of the s ...
# Banchory Ternan
# Belhelvie
Belhelvie ( gd, Baile Shealbhaigh) is a small village and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.[Belhelv ...]
# Culter (now Peterculter
Peterculter ( sco, Petercouter), also known as Culter (Scots: ''Couter''), is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about inland from Aberdeen city centre. Peterculter is on the northern banks of the River Dee, near the confluences with Crynoch ...
)
# Dalmaik (now Drumoak
Drumoak (, gd, Druim M'Aodhaig, ) is a village situated between Peterculter and Banchory in North Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Drumoak is proximate to the River Dee, with Park Bridge, named for the local Park Estate, being a local crossin ...
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# Templars' Chapel
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Christianity in Aberdeen
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11th-century establishments in Scotland
Dioceses established in the 11th century
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Europe
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