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{{Short description|Anglican diocese of the Scottish Episcopal Church}}
{{about|the diocese of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]|the Catholic diocese|Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction     = Diocese
|name             = Argyll and The&nbsp;Isles
|latin            = Dioecesis Ergadiensis et Insularum
|local            = Sgìre Easbaig Earra-Ghàidheal is nan Eilean
|image            = Crest-argyll.png
|country          = [[Scotland]]
|province         = [[Scottish Episcopal Church|Scotland]]
|denomination     = [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]
|bishop           = [[David Railton (bishop)|David Railton]]
|cathedral        = [[St&nbsp;John's Cathedral, Oban]] and the [[Cathedral of The&nbsp;Isles]]
|congregations    = 32
| map               = Diocese of Argyll.png
| map_size          =
| map_alt           = Map showing Argyll Diocese as a coloured area covering the west coast of Scotland including the Hebrides
| map_caption       = Map showing Argyll &amp; The&nbsp;Isles Diocese within Scotland
|website          = [http://www.argyll.anglican.org/ argyll.anglican.org]
}}
The '''Diocese of Argyll and The&nbsp;Isles''' is in the west of Scotland, and is one of the seven [[diocese]]s of the [[Scottish Episcopal Church]]. It is perhaps the largest of the dioceses, but has the smallest number of church members. As a ''united diocese'', Argyll and The&nbsp;Isles has two [[cathedral]]s: [[St John's Cathedral, Oban|St&nbsp;John's]] in [[Oban]] and the [[Cathedral of The&nbsp;Isles]] in [[Millport, Isle of Cumbrae]].
The [[Diocese of the&nbsp;Isles]], by itself, was founded by Patrick in 900, and the [[Diocese of Argyll]] was founded by Bishop Harald in 1193. During the [[Scottish Reformation]], most of the heritage and jurisdiction of the church was given to the [[Church of Scotland]]. However, the small [[Scottish Episcopal Church]] have maintained the line of bishops of both dioceses through to the present day. In the seventeenth century, the Diocese of the&nbsp;Isles was united with the dioceses of [[Diocese of Caithness|Caithness]] and [[Diocese of Orkney|Orkney]], and, in 1819, was separated from them to unite with the Diocese of Argyll. In 1878, the [[Roman Catholic Church]] created a [[Diocese of Argyll and the Isles (Catholic)|Diocese of Argyll and the&nbsp;Isles]]. The diocese is responsible for the only two Episcopalian retreat houses in Scotland ([[Bishop's House Iona]] and the College of the Holy Spirit at the [[Cathedral of The&nbsp;Isles]]).
[[Keith Riglin]], Vice [[Dean of King's College London|Dean]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dean & Vice Dean |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/principal/dean/thedean/the-dean-vice-dean |website=King's College London |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> of [[King's College London]], was elected by an Electoral Synod on 30 January 2021;<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Press Association|date=2021-01-30|title=Scottish Episcopal Church selects new bishop for Argyll and The Isles|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/scotland/scottish-episcopal-church-selects-new-bishop-for-argyll-and-the-isles/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Evening Express|language=en-US}}</ref> his consecration was on 1 May 2021.<ref name="kr-cons">{{cite web |url=http://argyll.anglican.org/ |title=Scottish Episcopal Church Argyll and the Isles Homepage |website=argyll.anglican.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428144451/http://argyll.anglican.org/ |archive-date=28 April 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bishop Keith died on 24 September 2023 leaving the diocesan seat vacant until the election and installation of [[David Railton (bishop)|David Railton]] in 2024.<ref name="ObanTimes-2024">{{cite news |title=New bishop consecrated in Argyll and The Isles |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-oban-times/20240905/281565181121514 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Oban Times |date=5 September 2024}}</ref>
The Diocese of Argyll and The&nbsp;Isles is twinned with the [[Anglican Diocese of Zanzibar]] ([[Anglican Church of Tanzania]]) and the [[Episcopal Diocese of Delaware]] ([[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]]).
== Area and population ==
The diocese covers the historic counties of [[Argyll]]shire (population 60,000) and [[County of Bute|Buteshire]] (population 12,500), the [[Hebrides|Hebridean]] parts of [[Inverness-shire]] and [[Ross and Cromarty]] (population 38,000), and the [[Lochaber]] area of Inverness-shire (population 16,500). This total population of approximately 127,000 makes it the smallest British Anglican diocese by population apart from the [[Diocese of Sodor and Man]]. It gives the diocese a ratio of one priest to every 18,100 inhabitants and one church to every 3,850 inhabitants.
{{Anchor|Dean of Argyll and The Isles}}
==Deans of the diocese==
{{Deans of Argyll and The Isles}}
== Secessions ==
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== Churches ==
The diocese currently has 8 stipendiary clergy (including the Bishop who is also the Provost of Cumbrae Cathedral) and 32 active churches.
{| class="wikitable"
!Benefice
!Churches
!Link
!Founded (building)
!Stipendiary clergy
|-
|[[Stornoway]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28374/the-benefice-of-stornoway-(st-peter)|title=The Benefice of Stornoway (St Peter)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Peter, Stornoway
| rowspan="2" |[http://stpeterstornoway.blogspot.co.uk/]
|C18th (1838)
| rowspan="2" |P. Moger
|-
|[[Eoropie|Eoropaidh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28352/the-benefice-of-eoropaidh-(st-moluag)|title=The Benefice of Eoropaidh (St Moluag)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|[[Teampall Mholuaidh|St Moluag, Eoropaidh]]
|1912 (Medieval)
|-
| rowspan="2" |''No benefice''
|St Brendan the Navigator, North Uist
|
|
| -
|-
|Holy Cross, North Uist
|
|
| -
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Portree]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28372/the-benefice-of-portree-(st-columba)|title=The Benefice of Portree (St Columba)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Columba, Portree
|
|1884
| rowspan="3" |R. Bungard
|-
|St Michael & All Angels, Raasay
|
|
|-
|St Mary, Kilmore, Sleat
|
|
|-
|[[Kinlochmoidart]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28363/the-benefice-of-kinlochmoidart-(st-finian)|title=The Benefice of Kinlochmoidart (St Finian)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Finan, Kinlochmoidart
|
|1858
| rowspan="2" |0
|-
|[[Strontian]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28375/the-benefice-of-strontian|title=The Benefice of Strontian|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Mary, Strontian
|
|1875
|-
|[[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]]
|St Andrew, Fort William
|
|1817 (1880)
|A. Guinness
|-
| rowspan="8" |West Highland Region<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28377/the-benefice-of-west-highland-region|title=The Benefice of West Highland Region|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Columba, Gruline
|[http://www.grulinechurch.org.uk/]
|1873
| rowspan="8" |A. Fairclough
|-
|St John, Ballachulish
|
|C18th (1842)
|-
|St Adamnan, Duror
|
|1846
|-
|St Mary, Glencoe
|
|C18th (1880)
|-
|St Moluag, Kentallen
|
|1868
|-
|St Paul, Kinlochleven
|
|1908 (1954)
|-
|[[St Bride’s Church, Onich|St Bride, Onich]]
|
|1874
|-
|Holy Cross, Portnacroish
|
|1809
|-
|[[Lochbuie, Mull|Lochbuie]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/organisationdetail?orgid=28365|title=The Benefice of Lochbuie (St Kilda)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>
|St Kilda, Lochbuie (Mull)
|
|1876
| -
|-
|[[Iona]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/organisationdetail?orgid=28358|title=The Benefice of Iona (St Columba)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>
|St Columba's Chapel, [[Bishop's House, Iona|Bishop's House]], Iona
|
|1894
| -
|-
| rowspan="2" |Argyll Cathedra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28380/cathedral-of-provost-st-john's-cathl-oban|title=Argyll and the Isles Cathedral|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28370/the-benefice-of-oban-(cathedral-of-st-john)|title=The Benefice of Oban (Cathedral of St John)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
|[[St John's Cathedral, Oban|Cathedral of St John the Divine, Oban]]
|[http://stjohnsoban.org.uk/]
|1846 (1910)
| rowspan="3" |M. Campbell
|-
|Kilbrandon Congregation ([[Seil]])
|
|
|-
|Ardbrecknish<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28344/the-benefice-of-ardbrecknish-(st-james)|title=The Benefice of Ardbrecknish (St James)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|St James, Ardbrecknish
|
|1892
|-
|[[Islay]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28359/the-benefice-of-islay-(st-columba)|title=The Benefice of Islay (St Columba)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Columba, Bridgend (Islay)
|
|1888
| rowspan="2" | -
|-
|[[Campbeltown]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28349/the-benefice-of-campbeltown-(st-kiaran)|title=The Benefice of Campbeltown (St Kiaran)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Kiaran, Campbeltown
|
|1848
|-
|Isle of [[Isle of Arran|Arran]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28346/the-benefice-of-arran,-isle-of|title=The Benefice of Arran, Isle Of|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Margaret of Scotland, Arran
|
|1902
| rowspan="4" |S. Mackenzie
|-
|[[Inveraray]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28357/the-benefice-of-inveraray-(all-saints)|title=The Benefice of Inveraray (All Saints)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|All Saints, Inveraray
| rowspan="3" |[http://christchurchlochgilphead.blogspot.co.uk/]
|C19th (1886)
|-
|[[Kilmartin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28361/the-benefice-of-kilmartin-(st-columba)|title=The Benefice of Kilmartin (St Columba)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Columba, Kilmartin
|1854
|-
|[[Lochgilphead]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28366/the-benefice-of-lochgilphead-(christ-church)|title=The Benefice of Lochgilphead (Christ Church)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|Christ Church, Lochgilphead
|1842 (1851)
|-
|[[Dunoon]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28350/the-benefice-of-dunoon-(holy-trinity)|title=The Benefice of Dunoon (Holy Trinity)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|Holy Trinity, Dunoon
|[http://www.holytrinitydunoon.co.uk/]
|1846 (1850)
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|[[Rothesay, Bute|Rothesay]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28373/the-benefice-of-rothesay-(st-paul)|title=The Benefice of Rothesay (St Paul)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>
|St Paul, Rothesay
|[http://stpaulsrothesay.com/]
|c. 1830 (1854)
|-
|Isles Cathedral<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/organisationdetail?orgid=28367|title=The Benefice of Cumbrae (Cathedral of the Isles and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>
|[[Cathedral of The Isles|Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Cumbrae]]
|[http://cathedraloftheisles.org/]
|1849
|K. Pearson
|}
=== Former congregation ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Benefice
!Church
!Founded (building)
!Seceded from SEC
|-
|[[Harris, Outer Hebrides|Harris]], Isle of (Christ Church)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/places/28356/the-benefice-of-harris,-isle-of-(christ-church)|title=The Benefice of Harris, Isle of (Christ Church)|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>
|Christ Church, Harris
|1973 (1999)
|2018
|}
=== Closed churches in the diocese area ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Church
!Location
!Building
!Closed
!Ref
|-
|St Columba, Tighnabruaich
|[[Tighnabruaich]]
|
|c. 2011
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/organisationdetail?orgid=28376|title=The Benefice of Tighnabruaich|website=www.crockford.org.uk|language=en|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Holy Spirit, Ardchattan
|[[Ardchattan and Muckairn|Ardchattan]]
|1886
|2008
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.argyll.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/number91spring2009.pdf|title=From the Bishop|work=Argyll & The Isles|date=Spring 2009|issue=91|page=1}}</ref>
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Province of Scotland}}
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[[Category:Dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church|Argyll and The Isles]]
[[Category:Religion in Argyll and Bute]]
[[Category:1819 establishments in Scotland]]