diocese of Galloway

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{{redirect|Diocese of Whithorn|the former Northumbrian bishopric|Anglo-Saxon Diocese of Whithorn}}

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{{Infobox Medieval Scottish Diocese

|name= Diocese of Galloway

|emblem= Diocese of Galloway.JPG

|bishop= Bishop of Galloway

|archdeacon= Archdeacon of Galloway

|deans= Desnes, Farines, Rhinns

|attestation= 9 December 1128

|metpre-1472=Archbishop of York

|metpre-1492=Archbishop of Glasgow

|cathedral= Whithorn Priory

|prevcathedral=

|saint=Martin of Tours

|scottishsaint=Ninian (Uinniau, Finnian)

|canons= Premonstratensian canons

|mensal=Girthon; Inch; Kirkinner; Rhinns.

|common=Borgue; Clayshant; Cruggleton; Gelston; Glasserton; Great Sorbie; Kilcolmkill; Kirkandrews; Kirkdale; Kirkinner; Kirkmaiden; Kirkmichael; Little Sorbie; Longcastle; Mochrum; Toskerton; Whithorn; Wigtown.

|prebendal=Kells; Penninghame.

|catholic=Resurrected: 1876

|episcopal=Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway

}}

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The Diocese of Galloway was one of the thirteen (after 1633 fourteen) dioceses of the pre-1689 Scottish Church. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Galloway and was centred on Whithorn Cathedral.

In the Middle Ages, there was only one archdeacon, the Archdeacon of Galloway. There are three known deaneries, the deaneries of Desnes (Kirkcudbright), Farines (Wigtown) and Rhinns. The deaneries of Farines and Rhinns had been combined by the 16th century.