Incumbent and retired archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
President
Bishop Hugh Gilbert
Main organ
The Episcopal Conference
Affiliations
Council of European Bishops' Conferences, Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Union, Catholic Bishops' Bioethics Committee, Action of Churches Together in Scotland, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
The BCOS is organised into several agencies. These are: The Commission for Doctrine and Unity, The Communications and Press and Media Relations Office, The Commission for Catholic Education and Scottish Catholic Education Service, The Justice and Peace Commission, operating using the name Justice and Peace Scotland, The Heritage Commission as well as some other offices.[2]
^Bishops' Conference of Scotland[permanent dead link] from EuroCathInfo.eu, retrieved 15 June 2016
^Our Member Bishops 17 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine from COMECE, retrieved 15 June 2016
^Catholic National Endowment Trust, SC016650 from OSCR, retrieved 15 June 2016
External linksedit
Official website
Bishops' Conference of Scotland webpage. GCatholic.org website
December 03, 2023
bishops, conference, scotland, bcos, under, trust, catholic, national, endowment, trust, based, airdrie, north, lanarkshire, episcopal, conference, archbishops, bishops, roman, catholic, church, scotland, conference, primarily, made, presiding, bishops, scotla. The Bishops Conference of Scotland BCOS under the trust of the Catholic National Endowment Trust and based in Airdrie North Lanarkshire is an episcopal conference for archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland The conference is primarily made up of the presiding bishops of Scotland s eight dioceses as well as bishops who have retired Bishops Conference of Scotland Catholic National Endowment Trust Co labhairt Easbaigean na h Alba in Scottish Gaelic AbbreviationBCOSTypeReligious bodyLegal statusUnder charitable trust SC016650 1 Purpose To enable the Roman Catholic Bishops in Scotland to work together undertaking nationwide initiatives through their Commissions and Agencies 1 HeadquartersAirdrie North LanarkshireLocationScotlandMembershipIncumbent and retired archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in ScotlandPresidentBishop Hugh GilbertMain organThe Episcopal ConferenceAffiliationsCouncil of European Bishops Conferences Commission of Bishops Conferences of the European Union Catholic Bishops Bioethics Committee Action of Churches Together in Scotland Churches Together in Britain and IrelandWebsitehttp www bcos org uk As of 2018 update the president of the conference is Bishop Hugh Gilbert of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen Contents 1 Agencies 2 Ecumenical relations 3 Member bishops 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksAgencies editThe BCOS is organised into several agencies These are The Commission for Doctrine and Unity The Communications and Press and Media Relations Office The Commission for Catholic Education and Scottish Catholic Education Service The Justice and Peace Commission operating using the name Justice and Peace Scotland The Heritage Commission as well as some other offices 2 The Conference is also a member of several international organisations including the Council of European Bishops Conferences and the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Community 3 Before 1980 the organisation first registered with Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and stated that its objective was to promote establish develop expand contribute to support and maintain facilities projects schemes and institutions of all kinds having a religious educational or charitable purpose for the benefit of the community throughout Scotland and in addition for the benefit of students for the priesthood at home and abroad including the maintenance of the following colleges all now closed a St Mary s College Blairs Aberdeen Aberdeenshire b St Peter s College Cardross Dumbarton c St Andrew s College Drygrange Melrose Roxburghshire 4 Ecumenical relations editThe Roman Catholic Church in Scotland is a full member of Action of Churches Together in Scotland The BCOS sends a representative to the Ecumenical Relations Committee of the Church of Scotland and is always invited to send a delegate to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Member bishops edit nbsp Map of dioceses in ScotlandArchdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh Archbishop Leo Cushley Archdiocese of Glasgow Archbishop William Nolan Diocese of Motherwell Bishop Joseph Toal Diocese of Paisley Bishop John Keenan Diocese of Galloway Bishop Emeritus Maurice Taylor Diocese of Argyll and the Isles Bishop Brian McGee Diocese of Aberdeen Bishop Hugh Gilbert Bishop Emeritus Peter Moran Diocese of Dunkeld Bishop Emeritus Stephen RobsonSee also editRoman Catholic Church in Scotland Religion in Scotland Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund Catholic Church Insurance AssociationReferences edit BCOS org uk retrieved 15 June 2016 Bishops Conference of Scotland permanent dead link from EuroCathInfo eu retrieved 15 June 2016 Our Member Bishops Archived 17 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine from COMECE retrieved 15 June 2016 Catholic National Endowment Trust SC016650 from OSCR retrieved 15 June 2016External links editOfficial website Bishops Conference of Scotland webpage GCatholic org website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bishops 27 Conference of Scotland amp oldid 1180006179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
