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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]
On 18 January 2020, Pearson was elected the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway by the college of bishops. He was translated to the diocese on 1 July 2020 by letter, the planned enthronement on 4 July having been cancelled due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9] He will retire on 31 August 2024. [10]
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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.
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.
Prior to his appointment as bishop, he was a professor at seminaries, as well as an assistant pastor and parish priest in the Archdiocese of Glasgow. He was the eighth Archbishop of Glasgow since the re-establishment of the hierarchy in 1878 following the Reformation. He was described as a conservative in religious and moral issues. [2]