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1878 act by Pope Leo XIII
The re-establishment of the
hierarchy
of the
Catholic Church
in
Scotland
took effect on 15 March 1878.
[1]
This followed the
restoration of the English hierarchy
in 1850.
The restoration was carried out on the instructions of
Pope Leo XIII
and was one of the first acts of his papacy.
[2]
The "old" hierarchy had ended in 1603 when
Archbishop Beaton
of the
Archdiocese of Glasgow
died in
Paris
.
[3]
In the intervening period from the
Scottish Reformation
until the restoration of the hierarchy, Scottish Catholics were ministered to by an underground network of
priests
(such as
Saint John Ogilvie
,
Martyr
) who were overseen by
Apostolic prefects
and then
Apostolic Vicars
as the oppression of Catholics became less severe.
[3]
The restored hierarchy were members of the Apostolic Vicariate and the territories of the new dioceses and archdioceses were based on the ancient (pre-reformation) ones.
There were two
archbishops
and four
bishops
in the new hierarchy:
The
Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
was to be the
Metropolitan See
for Scotland with the
Archdiocese of Glasgow
to be under control of the
Holy See
.
[3]
It was nearly another 100 years before Scotland had its first post-Reformation
cardinal
appointed. In 1969
Archbishop Gray
of
St Andrews and Edinburgh
was elevated to the rank of Cardinal.
[4]
Since then
Cardinal Winning
of
Glasgow
, and
Cardinal O'Brien
of St Andrews and Edinburgh have been appointed to the
College of Cardinals
.
[5]
[6]
See also
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References
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- ^
The Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List for the Year of Our Lord 1905
. Milwaukee: The M.H. Wiltzius Co. 1905. p. 68
;
Bellesheim, Bellesheim (1890).
History of the Catholic Church of Scotland: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Day. Volume 4: From the Accession of Charles the First to the Restoration of the Scottish Hierarchy, A.D. 1625?1878
. Translated by Blair, D. Oswald Hunter. Edinburgh, UK: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 308?311.
- ^
CARITATIS STUDIUM
, Papal Encyclicals.net, retrieved 2007-11-25
- ^
a
b
c
Archdiocese of Edinburgh
Archived
6 August 2018 at the
Wayback Machine
, retrieved 2007-11-25
- ^
Cardinal Gray Biography
, Florida International University, retrieved 2007-11-25
- ^
Cardinal Winning Biography
, Florida International University, retrieved 2007-11-25
- ^
Cardinal O'Brien Biography
, Florida International University, retrieved 2007-11-25