Английская Википедия:Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Coord Шаблон:Infobox diocese The Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It covers Caithness and Sutherland (the old Diocese of Caithness), mainland Ross and Cromarty (the old Diocese of Ross), and mainland Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Moray and Banffshire (the old Diocese of Moray). The diocesan centre is St Andrew's Cathedral in Inverness. The see is currently occupied by Mark Strange.

History

The three old dioceses united in the modern diocese were all founded during the 12th century. Moray was founded by Gregory in 1114, Ross by Macbeth in 1131 and Caithness by Aindréas of Caithness in 1146. Being more removed from the centre of political power during the Scottish Reformation, each of the dioceses managed to continue an unbroken line of bishops. However, its remoteness also caused problems for the appointment of new bishops under the period of the penal laws. For part of the 17th century, both Ross and Caithness were without a bishop, and, at the beginning of the 18th century, the Diocese of Orkney was united with Caithness. In 1707, Alexander Rose, Bishop of Edinburgh and the first Primus, united Moray with his diocese for reason of practical oversight. John Fullarton, Rose's successor in both roles, continued to oversee Moray until 1725, when it was felt more practical to combine it with the Diocese of Aberdeen, led by James Gadderar. However, in 1727, the new Primus, Andrew Lumsden, appointed William Dunbar as sole Bishop of Moray and Ross, combining the vacant northern see with Moray. In 1777, William Falconar, also Primus, united Orkney, Moray, Ross and Caithness under his rule. In 1819, David Low was appointed Bishop of Ross by itself, but, from 1838 he administered the entire former union and the see officially returned to the union in 1851. In 1857, Orkney was separated to unite with the Diocese of Aberdeen. Mark Strange was elected as the new bishop on 2 June 2007 and was consecrated and installed on 13 October 2007. In 2020, Synod Clerk Rev Canon Michael Last reported an increase in membership and in number of communicants.

Area and population

The diocese covers the historic counties of Caithness (population 26,500), Sutherland (population 13,000), mainland Ross and Cromarty (population 57,500), Inverness-shire except the Hebridean parts and Lochaber (population 88,500), Nairnshire (population 12,500), Morayshire (population 68,000), the Dufftown, Keith and Aberchirder areas of Banffshire (population 16,500), and the Huntly area of Aberdeenshire (population 8,000).

This total population of approximately 290,500 gives the diocese a ratio of one priest to every 18,200 inhabitants and one church to every 7,300 inhabitants.

List of churches

The diocese currently has 16 stipendiary clergy and 40 church buildings.

Parish	Churches	Founded	Link	Stipendiary clergy
Aberchirder	St Marnan, Aberchirder	1824	[1]	Michael Last
Keith	Holy Trinity, Keith	1688
Huntly	Christ Church, Huntly	1719
Fochabers Gordon Chapel	Gordon Chapel of St Elizabeth, Fochabers	1834
Dufftown	St Michael, Dufftown
Aberlour	St Margaret of Scotland, Aberlour	1875	[2]	Vacant since 2012
Elgin with Lossiemouth	Holy Trinity, Elgin	c. 1700	[3]	Tembu Rongong
	St Margaret, Lossiemouth	1853
	Burghead Mission
Rothiemurchus	St John the Baptist, Rothiemurchus	1904	[4]	Vacant since 2001
Grantown-On-Spey	St Columba, Grantown-on-Spey	1870		Vacant since 2010
Forres	St John the Evangelist, Forres	1841	[5]	Hamilton Inbadas
Nairn	St Columba, Nairn	1853	[6]	Alison Simpson Kathryn Sanderson
Inverness Cathedral	St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness	1853	[7]	Sarah Murray Norma Higgott Katrina O'Neill
Inverness (St John the Evangelist)	St John the Evangelist, Inverness	1691	[8]	John Cuthbert
Inverness (St Michael & All Angels)	St Michael & All Angels, Inverness	1881	[9]
Culloden	St Mary-in-the-Fields, Culloden	1973	[10]	Vacant since 2012
Strathnairn	St Paul, Strathnairn	1688	[11]	Kathryne Collins
Glenurquhart	St Ninian, Glenurquhart	1853	[12]	Vacant since 2017
Gordonstoun	St Christopher's Chapel & Michael Kirk
Fortrose	St Andrew, Fortrose	1688	[13]	Melvin Langille
Arpafeelie	St John the Evangelist, Arpafeelie	1688
Cromarty	St Regulus, Cromarty	1877
Poolewe	St Maelrubha, Poolewe	1950	[14]	Vacant since 2013
Kishorn Chapel	Courthill Chapel, Kishorn	1901
Lochalsh	St Donnan, Lochalsh	1943
Strathpeffer	St Anne, Strathpeffer		[15]	Julia Boothby
Dingwall	St James the Great, Dingwall	1704
Invergordon	St Ninian, Invergordon	1915	[16]
Lochinver	St Gilbert's Mission, Kinlochbervie		[17]	Clare Caley
	St Gilbert of Caithness, Lochinver
Ullapool	St Mary the Virgin, Ullapool	1975
	St Boniface of Ross, Achiltibuie
Tongue	St Mary-by-the-Cross, Tongue	2003	[18]	James Currall Simon Scott
Dornoch	St Finnbarr, Dornoch	1903
Tain	St Andrew, Tain	1877
Lairg	St Maelrubha's Mission, Lairg
Brora	St Columba of Iona, Brora	1909
Thurso	St Peter & Holy Rood, Thurso	1884	[19]	Eleanor Charman
Wick	St John the Evangelist, Wick	1870	[20]

See also

• Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness

External links

• The Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness Шаблон:Webarchive