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William Nolan (born 26 January 1954) is a Scottish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Glasgow since February 2022. He was previously Bishop of Galloway from 2015 to 2022. Early life
He was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway until his appointment to the episcopate in 2010. [5] On 16 January 2010, he was elected Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. [6] He was consecrated and installed at St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow on 23 April 2010. [7] Gregor Duncan suffered a stroke in January 2017. [8]
The Archbishop of Glasgow is an archiepiscopal title that takes its name after the city of Glasgow in Scotland. The position and title were abolished by the Church of Scotland in 1689; and, in the Catholic Church, the title was restored by Pope Leo XIII in 1878.
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The Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It covers Dumfries and Galloway , Ayrshire , Lanarkshire (including Glasgow ), Dunbartonshire , Renfrewshire and west Stirlingshire (south of the River Forth ).
His appointment to St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow was announced simultaneously there and at St Saviour's Church on Bridge of Allan on 5 February 2006. He was instituted at St Mary's Cathedral on 31 May 2006, the Feast of the Visitation.
He subsequently held the following pastoral appointments: Assistant Priest, St Charles Borromeo Parish, Paisley 1989–1995; Assistant Priest, Holy Family Parish, Port Glasgow 1995–1997; Parish Priest, St Joseph's Parish, Clarkston 1997–2007; Spiritual Director, Scotus College, National Seminary 2007–2009
John Keenan, one of the five children of Joseph and Philomena Keenan, was born in Glasgow where he was baptised at St Joseph's Church, Cowcaddens. [2] He was educated at St Gregory's Primary School in the Wyndford area of the city before going on to the Salesian Missionary College, Shrigley Hall near Macclesfield, Cheshire, England where he received his secondary education.