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279:4 March 1878
260:Latin Church
251:
241:Denomination
219:(as of 2020)
214:- Total
140:East Lothian
76:Coat of arms
39:
29:
1269:John Keenan
1259:Joseph Toal
1219:Brian McGee
1199:Leo Cushley
1039:25 February
935:10 November
884:George Rigg
834:(1990â1996)
825:(1917â1930)
806:(1735â1746)
800:(1816â1825)
794:(1694â1718)
788:(1768â1778)
782:(1755â1767)
780:James Grant
776:(1705â1718)
770:(1837â1852)
762:John Geddes
758:(1797â1805)
743:Leo Cushley
735:(Cardinal)
730:Gordon Gray
728:(Cardinal)
629:James Grant
513:Peebleshire
505:Mid Lothian
420:Leo Cushley
384:archdiocese
323:Leo Cushley
276:Established
236:Information
186: /
161:Coordinates
1545:Categories
928:The Tablet
909:References
878:Ian Murray
786:George Hay
635:George Hay
473:Perthshire
434:After the
319:Archbishop
270:Roman Rite
212:Population
199:Statistics
171:56°11â˛20âłN
142:, and the
122:, part of
1017:31 August
284:Cathedral
253:Sui iuris
221:1,595,000
174:3°37â˛52âłW
112:Edinburgh
107:Territory
1446:See also
1390:Churches
1313:dioceses
1121:Dioceses
469:counties
416:Galloway
404:Aberdeen
400:province
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245:Catholic
228:Parishes
114:and the
110:City of
100:Scotland
82:Location
1188:Bishops
717:Dunkeld
493:Kinross
430:History
412:Dunkeld
398:of the
390:of the
386:of the
353:Website
313:Francis
128:Falkirk
87:Country
1311:Former
1279:Others
531:, and
414:, and
256:church
97:
477:Angus
376:Latin
1041:2013
1019:2017
993:2010
937:2013
497:Fife
370:The
309:Pope
266:Rite
204:Area
138:and
132:West
124:Fife
542:by
471:of
339:Map
231:109
136:Mid
118:of
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