New Churches
By 1792 there was a sufficient Catholic population in the city for the parish of Saint Andrew’s to be founded. It was only in 1816 that the church which was later to become the Cathedral in Clyde Street, was opened.
In the first half of the nineteenth century parishes were founded at an amazing rate. It gives an idea both of the increasing number of Catholics and the increasing number of priests who serve them.
After St. Andrew’s on Clyde Street 1792 came St Mirin, Paisley 1808 (to become a Cathedral in 1948).
- St Mary’s, Greenock 1808
- Saint Patrick’s, Dumbarton 1830
- St. Margaret, Airdrie 1836
- Saint Mary’s, Duntocher and Saint Fillan Houston both 1841; Saint John the Evangelist, Barrhead 1841
- Saint Mary’s, Abercromby Street 1842
- Saint Mary’s Hamilton 1843
- St Patrick, Coatbridge 1845
- St Alphonsus, Saint John the Evangelist, Portugal Street and also St. John the Baptist, Port Glasgow all 1846
- St Athanasius Carluke, 1849
- St. Joseph, North Woodside Road 1850
The pattern was to continue through into the twentieth century.
For St Andrew's Cathedral official website see http://www.cathedralG1.org
St Mungo's church
New church
Parish church
St Andrew's Cathedral