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- diocese transferred to Aberdeen in 1125
- the College of the Holy Virgin in Nativity, now Aberdeen University, was founded, 1497, by Bishop William Elphinstone
- the see was vacant from 1577 till 23 July 1727
- name changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of the Northern District on 13 February 1827
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Dioceses,
Dioceses of Scotland,
Elevated by Pope Leo XIII,
Elevated in 1878,
Founded by Pope Alexander II,
Founded by Pope Benedict XIII,
Founded in 1063,
Founded in 1727,
Gazetteer of the Faith,
New Catholic Dictionary,
Related to Scotland,
Suffragan of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh Scotland |
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