SOME USEFUL INFORMATION
Our Diocese
We are a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld, in Scotland. The diocese comprises the City of Dundee; Angus; Clackmannan; Perthshire and Kinross; in Fife, the parishes of Cupar & Auchtermuchty, High Valleyfield and Newport-on-Tay & Leuchars & Tayport; in Stirling, the parishes of Callander & Aberfoyle & Doune & Killin and Dunblane
Our Bishop
Right Rev. Vincent Logan, 8th Bishop of Dunkeld
Born at Bathgate, West Lothian, 30th June 1941; educated St. Mary's Academy, Bathgate; St. Mary's College, Blairs; St. Andrew's College, Drygrange. Ordained priest, Edinburgh, 14th March 1964; assistant priest, St. Margaret's, Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh, 1964-1966; Diploma in Religious Education, Corpus Christi College, Bayswater, London, 1966-1967; Chaplain, St. Joseph's Hospital, Rosewell, 1967-1977; Parish Priest, St. Mary's, Ratho, 1977-1981. Adviser in Religious Education, 1967; Director, Religious Education Office, Edinburgh, 1970-1981; Episcopal Vicar, Education, St. Andrews and Edinburgh, 1977-1981; nominated Bishop of Dunkeld, 26th January 1981, ordained by Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray, archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, in St. Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee, 26th February 1981.
POST-REFORMATION BISHOPS OF DUNKELD
| George Rigg | 22nd March 1878 - 18th January 1887 |
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William Smith, archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, apostolic administrator, 3rd October 1888 |
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| James Augustine Smith | 14th August 1890 - 30th August 1900, translated to St. Andrews and Edinburgh as archbishop |
| Angus Macfarlane | 21st February 1901 - 24th September 1912 |
| Robert Fraser | 14th May 1913 - 28th March 1914 |
| John Toner | 8th September 1914 - 31st May 1949 |
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*Coadjutor Bishops to Bishop Toner: James Maguire 5th October 1939 - 10th October 1944; James D. Scanlan 27th April 1946 - 31st May 1949, when he succeeded to the See of Dunkeld |
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| James Donald Scanlan | 31st May 1949 - 23rd May 1955, translated to Motherwell as bishop |
| William Andrew Hart | 27th May 1955 - 26th January 1981, died 18th October 1992 |
| Vincent Paul Logan | 26th January 1981 - |
* A coadjutor bishop is a kind of auxiliary or assistant bishop. Unlike auxiliary bishops, coadjutors are given the automatic right of succession to the episcopal see, meaning that when the diocesan bishop they are assisting dies, retires, resigns, or is reassigned, the coadjutor automatically becomes the next bishop of the particular church. Until then, the diocesan bishop appoints the coadjutor to act as vicar general.