Welcome to the website of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland
The Bishops' Conference of Scotland is the permanently constituted assembly of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Scotland. To promote its work the Conference establishes a General Secretariat and various agencies, each of which advises the Conference according to its own competence.
Members of the Bishops' Conference
The members of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland are the Diocesan Bishops.
The President of the Bishops' Conference is His Eminence Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
Vice-President: Most Rev Mario J Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow
Episcopal Secretary: Rt Rev Ian Murray, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI
The Bishops' Conference of Scotland participates in a number of National, European and International bodies that foster dialogue in a Catholic, Ecumenical, Interfaith and broader political context.
Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE)
Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE)
Catholic Bishops' Bioethics Committee
Pontifical Mission Societies
National Conference of Priests and Permanent Deacons
Joint Commission of Bishops and Conference of Religious in Scotland
Action of Churches Together in Scotland (ACTS)
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)
Our close neighbours:
The Catholic Church in England and Wales
The Catholic Church in Ireland