Diocese of Dunkeld

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This article is about historical diocese of the Scottish church. For the modern resurrected Roman Catholic diocese, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld. For other uses, see Diocese of Dunkeld (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 56°33′54″N 3°35′06″W / 56.565°N 3.585°W / 56.565; -3.585

Diocese of Dunkeld
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HeadBishop of Dunkeld
Archdeacon(s)Archdeacon of Dunkeld
Known rural deansAngus (Rattray); Atholl; Drumalban; Fife & Fothriff; Lothian; Strathearn
First attestation865 x 1114
Metropolitan before 1472None
Metropolitan after 1492Archbishop of Glasgow (until 1515)
Archbishop of St Andrews (after 1515)
CathedralDunkeld Cathedral
DedicationColumba
CanonsSecular
Mensal churchesAbercorn, Aberdalgie, Aberlady, Alyth, Auchtergaven, Bunkle, Caputh, Cargill, Cramond, Dowally, Dunkeld, Forgandenny, Killespick-Kyril, Little Dunkeld, Obney, Pitcairn, Preston, Strathmiglo, Tibbermore
Common churchesAuchterhouse, Fortingall, Meigle, Saline
Prebendal churchesAberlady, Alyth, Auchtergave, Clunie (Dean), Crieff, Dowally, Dunkeld (Treasurer), Fearn, Forgandenny, Inchaiden (Dean), Kinclaven (chanter), Lagganallachie (Archdeacon), Lethendy, (Chancellor), Little Dunkeld (Treasurer), Logiebride, Lumdeiff, Menmuir, Moneylie, Muckersie, Obney, Rattray (succentor), Tealing (Archdeacon)
Catholic successorMerged into resurrected Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld, March 4, 1878
Episcopal successorDiocese of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
Skene's map of Scottish bishoprics in the reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153).

The Diocese of Dunkeld was one of the 13 historical dioceses of Scotland preceding the abolition of Episcopacy in 1689.

History[]

It is thought that the diocese was constituted as far back as the middle of the ninth century. The first occupant was styled Bishop of Fortriu, the name by which the kingdom of the northern Picts was then known. This bishop was also styled Abbot of Dunkeld, perhaps holding jurisdiction, formerly enjoyed by Iona, over the other Columban monasteries in Scotland.

The new bishopric appears to have included a great part of what afterwards became the Diocese of Argyll, and retained its jurisdiction over various churches representing old Columban foundations. There were thirty-five bishops of Dunkeld from its foundation until the suppression of the Catholic hierarchy during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century.

The Catholic cathedral, situated in the Perthshire town of Dunkeld, was erected between 1220 and 1500. After the Reformation the cathedral fell partly into ruins, although the choir is used for Presbyterian worship.

Despite the Reformation and the hostility of the new Church of Scotland to bishops, episcopacy was not finally abolished until 1689, although there had been a temporary abolition from 1638 until the beginning of the 1660s. The diocese was restored by the Catholic Church (with a different boundary), on 4 March 1878, by Pope Leo XIII. The new Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld is one of the suffragan sees of the archiepiscopal province of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, and includes the counties of Perth, Angus, Clackmannan, Kinross, and the northern part of Fife. The diocesan cathedral, now dedicated to Saint Andrew rather than Columba, is located in Dundee, the residence of the great majority of the Catholics of the modern diocese. The cathedral chapter, erected in 1895, consists of a provost and eight canons.

Bishops[]

Main article: Bishop of Dunkeld

Parishes[]

The partially ruined, partially restored Cathedral of St Columba at Dunkeld. It now operates as a Church of Scotland church.

Deanery/ies of Angus (or Rattray)[]

  1. Abernyte
  2. Auchterhouse
  4. Menmuir
  5. Tealing

Deanery of Atholl and Drumalban[]

  1. Alyth
  2. Ardeonaig
  5. Blair (now Blair Atholl)
  6. Cargill
  7. Clunie
  8. Dull
  9. Dunkeld Cathedral
  10. Fortingall
  11. Dunkeld, Holy Trinity
  12. Inchcadin (now Kenmore)
  13. Killin
  17. Little Dunkeld
  18. Logie Allochie (now )
  20. Logierait
  22. Lundeiff (now Kinloch)
  23. Meigle
  24. Melginch (now )
  25. Moneydie
  26. Moulin
  27. Rannoch (or Killichonen)
  28. Rattray
  29. Redgorton
  30. Ruthven
  31. Strathardle (now or Kirkmichael)
  32. Struan
  33. Weem

Deanery of Fife and Fothriff[]

  1. Aberdour
  2. Auchtertool
  4. Dalgety
  5. Fithkil (now Leslie)
  6. Rosyth
  7. Saline
  8. Strathmiglo

Deanery of Lothian[]

  1. Abercorn
  2. Aberlady
  3. Bunkle
  4. Cramond
  5. Preston

Deanery of Strathearn[]

  1. Aberdalgie
  2. Alva
  3. Crieff
  4. Dollar
  5. Forgrund (or Forgandenny)
  6. Lecropt
  7. Madderty
  9. Tibbermore

See also[]

  • Bishop of Dunkeld, the historical bishop.
  • , the restored Roman Catholic Bishop.
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld, the restored Roman Catholic Diocese.
  • Bishop of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, the Scottish Episcopal Bishop.
  • Diocese of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, the Scottish Episcopal Diocese.

Bibliography[]

  • Cowan, Ian B., The Parishes of Medieval Scotland, Scottish Record Society, Vol. 93, (Edinburgh, 1967)
  • Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969), pp. 138–9
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