Diocese of Paisley

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The Diocese of Paisley is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the diocese covers the historic county of Renfrewshire and is 580 km2 (220 sq mi) in area making it the smallest diocese by area in Scotland.

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19th April 2016, marks the opening of our Diocese of Paisley Synod.
Great celebration & joy filled St. Mirin's Cathedral and hymns were sung aloud with such excitement and anticipation!

An excerpt, taken from Bishop John's Homily - "Convening a diocesan synod is a way of spiritually re-founding a diocese, and opening up a new and hopeful chapter in our life and history. But, before it is about changing things, it must be about changing ourselves. Above all, any diocesan synod aims to help us rediscover our identity as God’s people. So my first hope for Our Synod is that every one of us –clergy, religious and laity - will recognise in Our Paisley Synod an invitation from the Holy Spirit to begin our vocation anew, this time as an even more wonderful recreation of the mercy of God. God’s first dream from any synod is for each one of us to be personally re-conformed to his Son and for us all together, as a diocese, to become radiant icons of Our Lord, Jesus Christ."

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