Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.

The diocese covers an area of 31,080 km². The see is in the town of Oban where the seat is located at St. Columba's Cathedral.

The diocese was erected on March 5, 1878. The current bishop of the diocese is the Right Reverend Ian Murray, the 9th Bishop of Argyll and the Isles.

[edit] External links

• Diocesan statistics
•   "Diocese of Argyll and the Isles". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

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