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ARCHDIOCESE OF GLASGOW (Archidioecesis Glasguensis)

Denomination : Roman Catholic
Established : 1827 as Vicariate of Western District, elevated to Archdiocese of Glasgow in 1878.

Origin/meaning

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The arms show the two crossed keys of St. Peter, as a symbol for the Roman Catholic Church. The Salmon with the Ring below the Shield is the Symbol of St Mungo (or Kentigern) founder and patron Saint of the City of Glasgow.

Arms of Vicariates Apostolic

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  Ranald MacDonald(1827-1832)

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  Andrew Scott (1832-1845)

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  John Murdoch (1846-1869)

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  John Gray (1865-1935)

Arms of Archbishops

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  Charles Petre Eyre (1878-1902)

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  John Aloysius Maguire (1902-1920)

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  Donald Mackintosh (1922-1943)

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  Donald Alphonsus Campbell (1945-1963)

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  James Donald Scanlan (1964-1974)

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  Thomas Joseph Cardinal Winning (1974-2001), Cardinal 1994

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  Mario Joseph Conti (2002-2012)

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  Philip Tartaglia (2012 – present)

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