Archdiocese of Glasgow (reign of David I)

The Archdiocese of Glasgow was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen)

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s of the Scottish church. It was the second largest diocese in the

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, including Clydesdale,

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, parts of

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, Annandale,

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, Kyle, and

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, 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

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s. The Scottish church broke its allegiance to Rome in 1560, but bishops continued intermittently until 1689.

History

The diocese of Glasgow became important in the 12th century. It was organized by King

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and

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. 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

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. The bishopric became one of the largest and wealthiest in the

, 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

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from King

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, 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

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, 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

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, and was the close friend of

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and Robert Bruce. William Turnbull (consecrated 1447, d. 1454), obtained in 1450 from

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the charter of foundation for the

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. On 9 January 1492,

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raised the see to

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rank, attaching to it the

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s of Argyle, Dunblane, Dunkeld, and Galloway.

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, nephew of the celebrated

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, was the fourth and last

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of the old hierarchy. In 1560, eight years after his nomination, he was forced to retire to

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, where he acted as confidential agent of

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, and later openly as ambassador for

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, till his death in

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, 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

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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

In 1828, as part of the

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, the

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erected the Western District or Vicariate of Scotland, and the first

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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 Charles Petre Eyre (1817–1902) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who was appointed the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Glasgow since the Scottish Reformation. He served as archbishop from 1878 to 1902. Family Born at Askham Bryan Hall, Askham ...

(b. 1817, d. 1902) was consecrated Archbishop of Anazarba and appointed administrator Apostolic. On the

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, 4 March 1878, the Archbishopric of Glasgow was re-established, and Archbishop Eyre was transferred to the restored see.

Bishops and archbishops

Parishes

Parishes listed by deanery: Annandale * Annan * Applegarth * Brydekirk (St Brigit) * Carruthers *

Castlemilk Castlemilk ( gd, Caisteal Mheilc) is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies to the far south of the city centre, adjacent to the Croftfoot and Simshill residential areas within the city to the north-west, the town of Rutherglen - neighbourho ...

* Corrie * Cummertrees * Dalton Magna * Dalton Parva * Dornock *

Dryfesdale Dryfesdale ( ) is a civil parish of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is part of the county of Dumfriesshire. Overview The parish church of Dryfesdale, located in the centre of Lockerbie, was dedicated to St Cuthbert. In ...

(St Cuthbert) *

Ecclefechan Ecclefechan (Scottish Gaelic: ''Eaglais Fheichein'') is a small village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. The village is famous for being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle. Ecclefechan lies in the valley of the Mein Wate ...

* Gretna * Hoddom * Hutton Magna * Hutton Parva * Johnstone * Kirkconnell (St Connall) ''independent parsonage'' * Kirkpatrick Fleming (St Patrick) * Kirkpatrick Juxta (St Patick) * Lochmaben * Luce * Middlebie *

Moffat Moffat ( gd, Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland. It lies on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town. ...

* Mouswald * Pennersaughs * Redkirk (St Patrick) *

Ruthwell Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, gave Ruthwell to his nephew, Sir William Murray, confirmed to Sir John Murray, of Cockpool, in ...

* Sibbaldbie (St James) * Trailtrow * Tundergarth * Wamphray Carrick *

Ballantrae Ballantrae is a community in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The name probably comes from the Scottish Gaelic ''Baile na Tràgha'', meaning the "town by the beach". Ballantrae has a primary school. The beach consists of shingle and sand an ...

(St Cuthbert) * Colmonell or Kilcolmonell (St Colmán Elo) * Dailly (St Ciaran) *

Girvan Girvan ( gd, Inbhir Gharbhain, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh and harbour town in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is situated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, with a population of about 6,450. It lies south of Ay ...

* Kirkbride (St Brigit) * Kirkmichael (St Michael) * Kirkoswald (St Oswald) *

Maybole Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is bypass ...

* Straiton Dessenes * Colmonell (St Colmán Elo) * Colvend * Kirkbean (St Bean) * Kirkbride or Blaikit (St Brigit) *

Kirkgunzeon Kirkgunȝeon ( gd, Cill Fhionnain) is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is south west of Dumfries and north east of Dalbeattie. The civil parish is in the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire ...

(St Finian) * Kirkpatrick Durham (St Patrick) * Kirkpatrick Irongray (St Patrick) * Lochrutton * New Abbey * Southwick * Terregles * Urr (St Constantine) Eskdale *

Canonbie Canonbie ( gd, Canonbaidh) is a small village in Dumfriesshire within the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, south of Langholm and north of the Anglo-Scottish border. It is on the A7 road from Carlisle to Edinburgh, and ...

* Eskdalemuir * Ewes (St Martin) * Kirkandrews on Esk (St Andrew) * Overkirk of Ewes (St Cuthbert) * Staplegorton * Wauchope * Westerkirk Kyle and Cunningham * Ardrossan * Auchinleck * Ayr * Barnweil * 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

References

External links

Glasgow Cathedral Precinct
- Provides an extensive history of the pre-Reformation diocese. {{Catholic Church in Scotland Christianity in Glasgow

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ...

1492 establishments in Scotland 1689 disestablishments in Scotland