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St Andrew`s Metropolitan Cathedral Catholic Church
Christmas Mass Times
SAINT ANDREW’S METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL, GLASGOW
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR MASS TIMES 2025-2026
Wednesday 24th December, Christmas Eve
Mass at 1pm and First Mass of Christmas at 5.15pm
Midnight Mass of Christmas at 12.00 midnight, celebrated by Archbishop Nolan
(Carols before Mass from 11.30pm)
Thursday 25th December, Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord
Mass at 10am and 12 noon.
No Evening Mass
(The Cathedral will close after the 12 noon Mass)
Friday 26th December, Feast of St. Stephen
The Cathedral will open at 12 noon until after the 1pm Mass
Saturday 27th December, Feast of St. John
Mass at 1pm and Vigil Mass at 5.15pm
Sunday 28th December, Feast of the Holy Family
Masses at 10a.m. 12 noon and 5.15p.m.
The 5.15p.m. Mass will be celebrated by the Archbishop when he will formally close the Holy Year.
Monday 29th December
Masses at 1 p.m. and 5.15p.m.
Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st December
Mass at 1pm and 5.15pm
Thursday 1st January 2026, New Year’s Day
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Mass at 12 noon.
No Evening Mass
(The Cathedral will close after the 12 noon Mass)
Friday 2nd January
Mass at 1pm
Saturday 3rd January
Mass at 1pm and 5.15pm
Sunday 4th January, Solemnity of the Epiphany
Masses at 10 a.m. 12 noon and 5.15p.m.
The Christmas Season concludes on Sunday 11th January,
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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Contact
| Correspondence Address | St Andrew`s Metropolitan Cathedral Church c/o St Andrew`s Cathedral House 90 Dunlop Street GLASGOW G1 4ER |
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About St Andrew`s Metropolitan Cathedral Catholic Church
Bishops' Conference: Catholic Bishops` Conference of Scotland
Diocese: Archdiocese of Glasgow
Catholic Parish of St Andrew`s Metropolitan Cathedral in GLASGOW - part of the Diocese of Glasgow
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Useful Definitions of the Structures in the Catholic Church
What is a Catholic Bishops' Conference?
An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. ... Individual bishops do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference (Wikipedia).
What is an Archdiocese?
Dioceses ruled by an archbishop are commonly referred to as archdioceses; most are metropolitan sees, being placed at the head of an ecclesiastical province. A few are suffragans of a metropolitan see or are directly subject to the Holy See.
The term 'archdiocese' is not found in Canon Law, with the terms "diocese" and "episcopal see" being applicable to the area under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of any bishop.[8] If the title of archbishop is granted on personal grounds to a diocesan bishop, his diocese does not thereby become an archdiocese (Wikipedia).
What is a Diocese?
The group of churches that a bishop supervises is known as a diocese. Typically, a diocese is divided into parishes that are each overseen by a priest.
The original dioceses, in ancient Rome, were political rather than religious. Rome was divided into dioceses, each of which was made up of many provinces. After Christianity became the Roman Empire's official religion in the 4th century, the term gradually came to refer to religious districts. The Catholic Church has almost 3,000 dioceses. The Greek root of diocese is dioikesis, "government, administration, or province." (Vocabulary.com).
As of April 2020, in the Catholic Church there are 2,898 regular dioceses: 1 papal see, 649 archdioceses (including 9 patriarchates, 4 major archdioceses, 560 metropolitan archdioceses, 76 single archdioceses) (Wikipedia).
What is the difference between a Diocese and an Archdiocese?
Each diocese is within a Province - a group of Dioceses - the Archdiocese is the main Diocese within that Diocese. The bishop of that Archdiocese is therefore automatically an Archbishop. If a bishop has been made an Archbishop personally is referred to as an Archbishop but it does not make their Diocese an Archdiocese.
What is a Deanery?
A subdivision of a diocese, consisting of a number parishes, over which presides a dean appointed by a bishop. The duty of the dean is to watch over the clergy of the deanery, to see that they fulfill the orders of the bishop, and observe the liturgical and canon laws. He summons the conference of the deanery and presides at it. Periodically he makes a report to the bishop on conditions in the deanery.www.catholicculture.org
What is a Parish?
In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish (Latin: parochia) is a stable community of the faithful within a particular church, whose pastoral care has been entrusted to a parish priest (Latin: parochus), under the authority of the diocesan bishop. It is the lowest ecclesiastical subdivision in the Catholic episcopal polity, and the primary constituent unit of a diocese. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, parishes are constituted under cc. 515–552, entitled "Parishes, Pastors, and Parochial Vicars." Wikipedia
