The Diocese of Motherwell (Latin Dioecesis Matrisfontis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland.
The diocese, which was erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow, is led by the Bishop of Motherwell currently the Right Reverend Joseph Devine.
In 2004 the Catholic population, proportionately the largest in Scotland and second largest in Great Britain, was 165,100 from a total population of 633,000 ...
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