Bishops' Conference of Scotland
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The Bishops' Conference of Scotland (BCOS), under the trust of the Catholic National Endowment Trust, and based in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, is an episcopal conference for archbishops and bishops of the Catholic Church in Scotland. The conference is primarily made up of the presiding bishops of Scotland's eight dioceses as well as bishops who have retired.
As of 2024, the president of the conference is Bishop John Keenan of the Diocese of Paisley.[1]
Agencies
The BCOS is organised into several agencies. These are: The Commission for Doctrine and Unity, The Communications and Press and Media Relations Office, The Commission for Catholic Education and Scottish Catholic Education Service, The Justice and Peace Commission, operating using the name Justice and Peace Scotland, The Heritage Commission as well as some other offices.[2]
The Conference is also a member of several international organisations including the Council of European Bishops' Conferences and the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community.[3]
Before 1980, the organisation first registered with Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and stated that its objective was to "promote, establish, develop, expand, contribute to, support and maintain facilities, projects, schemes and institutions of all kinds having a religious, educational or charitable purpose for the benefit of the community throughout Scotland; and in addition for the benefit of students for the priesthood at home and abroad including the maintenance of the following colleges, all now closed; (a) St. Mary's College, Blairs, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire; (b) St. Peter's College, Cardross, Dumbarton; (c) St. Andrew's College, Drygrange, Melrose, Roxburghshire."[4]
Ecumenical relations
The Bishops' Conference of Scotland is a full member of Action of Churches Together in Scotland. The BCOS sends a representative to the Ecumenical Relations Committee of the Church of Scotland and is always invited to send a delegate to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Member bishops
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- Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
- Archdiocese of Glasgow
- Diocese of Motherwell
- Diocese of Paisley
- Diocese of Galloway
- Diocese of Argyll and the Isles
- Diocese of Aberdeen
- Diocese of Dunkeld
Leadership
Presidents
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- Donald Campbell (1959–63)
- Gordon Gray (1963–85)
- Thomas Winning (1985–2001)
- Keith O'Brien (2002–12)
- Philip Tartaglia (2012–18)
- Hugh Gilbert (2018–24)
- John Keenan (2024–present)
See also
- Catholic Church in Scotland
- Religion in Scotland
- Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
- Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund
- Catholic Church Insurance Association
References
External links
- Official website
- Bishops' Conference of Scotland webpage. GCatholic.org website
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- ↑ Bishops' Conference of ScotlandTemplate:Dead link from EuroCathInfo.eu, retrieved 15 June 2016
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