Diocese of Dunblane

{{Short description|Historical diocese of Scotland (c. 1155-1689)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{coord|56.189|-3.961|display=title|region:GB_scale:1000000}} [[Image:Diocese of Dunblane (reign of David I).png|200px|right|thumb|Skene's map of Scottish bishoprics in the reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153).]] The '''Diocese of Dunblane''' or '''Diocese of Strathearn''' was one of the thirteen historical dioceses of Scotland, before the abolition of episcopacy in the Scottish Church in 1689.

Roughly, it embraced the territories covered by the old earldoms of Strathearn and Menteith, covering the western and central portions of Perthshire.<ref name="Lawson1844">{{cite book|author=John Parker Lawson|title=The Episcopal Church of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fB5BAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA2|year=1844|publisher=Gallie and Bayley|pages=2}}</ref>

The first record of its existence is a papal bull from 1155 referring to M. de Dunblan. By the episcopate of Bishop Clement, the cathedral was firmly located in Dunblane, Strathearn, Perth and Kinross.

The diocese was led by the Bishop of Dunblane.

== Medieval parishes == {{div col|colwidth=22em}} # Aberfoyle # Abernethy # Aberuthven # Auchterarder # Balquhidder # Callander # Comrie # Dron # Dunblane (Cathedral) # Dunning # Dupplin # Exmagirdle # Findo Gask # Fossoway & Tullibole # Fowlis Wester # Glendevon # Kilbride # Kilmadock # Kilmahog # Kincardine-in-Menteith # Kinkell # Leny # Monzie # Monzievaird # Muthill # Port of Menteith # St Madoes # Strageith # Strowan # Tillicoultry # Trinity Gask # Tulliallan # Tullibody # Tullicheddill {{div col end}} <ref>{{Cite web|title=Parish List – Scottish Place-Name Society|url=https://spns.org.uk/resources/parish-list|access-date=2021-02-01|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== See also == * Roman Catholic Church in Scotland * Scottish Episcopal Church Diocese of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane

==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite book|author=McLaughlan, Thomas|title=The Early Scottish Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FlZ2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT327|date=25 August 2015|publisher=Delmarva Publications, Inc.|pages=327–|id=GGKEY:L7YNTY3S4A4}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diocese Of Dunblane}} Dunblane Category:1155 establishments in Scotland Category:Religion in Perth and Kinross Dunblane Category:Dioceses established in the 12th century