The Catholic Church in Scotland
Some statistics (based on returns published in the Catholic Directory for Scotland 2025):
Estimated Population of Scotland (Mar 2023) - 5,490,100
Estimated Catholic Population (2023) - 676,000
Total number of priests - 552
Number of Dioceses - 8
Number of Parishes - 383
Baptisms in 2023 - 5,253
Marriages in 2023 - 778
Average weekly Mass attendance (Nov 2023) - 95,029