Within the Church the Bishop has the discretion to establish multiple different consultative bodies. Every parish is required to have a Parish Finance Committee, and is encouraged to have a Parish Pastoral Council. An additional level of cooperation and collaboration between parishes in a deanery (a geographical area within the Diocese) can be achieved through...
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Pastoral Letter – Jubilee of Hope 2025
At Masses on Sunday 20th October Bishop Frank’s pastoral letter anticipating the 2025 Jubilee Year on the theme of ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ was distributed through the parishes of the Diocese. A copy of his letter can be found here.
Safeguarding Update 2024
As part of our ongoing commitment to Safeguarding in the Catholic Church, and following the framework laid out in In God’s Image Dioceses across Scotland are required to complete an annual audit of Safeguarding practices within the Diocese. The summary finding of the audit are made available in the Annual Safeguarding Statement which is shown...
Annual Accounts 2023
At the meeting of the Trustees of the Diocese on 19th September 2024 the annual accounts for the year ending 31st December 2023 were presented to the Trustees. These were approved by the Board of Trustees and the Annual Accounts have now been submitted to OSCR as required by law. A copy of the accounts...
Galloway Diocese News – Ninian 2024 Edition
The latest edition of the Galloway Diocese News will be available in many parishes across the Diocese from this weekend, you can also read it online and catch up with old editions by going to our Galloway Diocese News section.



