Scotland: New Archbishop of St Andrews & Edinburgh named

Today, the Holy Father appointed Mgr Leo Cushley as metropolitan archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The bishop-elect was born in Wester Moffat, Scotland in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1985. He holds a licentiate in liturgy from the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm and a doctorate in canon law from the Gregorian Pontifical University. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including parish vicar of the cathedral of Our Lady of Good Aid, in Motherwell; chaplain of Our Lady's High School, parish vicar of St Serf's, Airdrie, and chaplain of St Margaret's High School in Airdrie, Glasgow, and parish vicar at St Aidan's in Wishaw.

He collaborated in the English section at the Secretariat of State before admission to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1997, serving in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Egypt, Burundi, Portugal, New York (United Nations) and South Africa. He is currently nunciature counsellor in the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State.

The Archdiocese has 110,900 Catholics, 120 priests, four permanent deacons and 145 religious 145.

Source: VIS