Diocese of Aberdeen, Scotland

Founded

• 1063 in Mortlach, Scotland by Pope Alexander II
• re-established on 23 July 1727 by Pope Benedict XIII as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Highland District

Elevated

• 4 March 1878 to a Diocese by Pope Leo XIII

Suffragen of

• Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland

Bishops

• Saint Bean
• Saint Bean of Mortlach

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Diocese of Aberdeen
• Google Map

Notes

• 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

MLA Citation

• “Diocese of Aberdeen, Scotland”. Gazetteer of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 June 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/diocese-of-aberdeen-scotland/>