Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney
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| Province | Scotland | |
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| Bishop | Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney | |
| Cathedral | St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen | |
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- For the Catholic diocese, see Diocese of Aberdeen.
The Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. In mainland Scotland, the diocese covers the City of Aberdeen and most of Aberdeenshire (the part of Aberdeenshire south of Aberdeen is in the Diocese of Brechin, and some parts of northwest Aberdeenshire are in the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness). In addition to the mainland portion of the diocese, the Orkney and Shetland island groups also come under its jurisdiction. It shares with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen a Christian heritage that can be traced back to the twelfth century. It also incorporates the ancient Diocese of Orkney, founded in 1035.
The diocese has a strong companion link with the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. Samuel Seabury, the first Anglican/Episcopalian bishop in outside of the British Isles was consecrated in 1784 by Robert Kilgour, Bishop of Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen and Orkney | St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane | Argyll and the Isles | Brechin | Edinburgh | Glasgow and Galloway | Moray, Ross and Caithness See also: Scottish Episcopal Church | Primus |
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