St Lawrences in Dingwall is a Parish within
the Highland Deanery of St Joesph, of The Diocese of Aberdeen
the Highland Deanery of St Joesph, of The Diocese of Aberdeen
Our Bishop and Priests
Rt Rev Hugh Gilbert OSB
Bishop Hugh Gilbert is the 11th Bishop of Aberdeen since the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in 1878. Born in Emsworth, Hampshire in 1952, educated at St. Paul’s School, London, and King’s College, University of London (where he gained an Honours degree in History), he was received into the Catholic Church in 1970. In 1974 he came north to enter the Benedictine monastery of Pluscarden Abbey, Elgin, Moray. He has been a monk of Pluscarden Abbey – ‘the spiritual heart of the diocese’ – for 37 years, and Abbot for 19. He was nominated to the See of Aberdeen by Pope Benedict XVI on 4 June 2011. |
Father Andrew Niski
became our parish priest in February 2019.
,Fr. Niski began his Ministry as a Curate (Assistant Priest) at St. Mary’s Inverness.
He was ordained in 2011
became our parish priest in February 2019.
,Fr. Niski began his Ministry as a Curate (Assistant Priest) at St. Mary’s Inverness.
He was ordained in 2011