Paisley (Écosse)

Paisley (gaélique écossais (gd) : Pàislig) est une ville (et ancien burgh) d'Écosse située dans les Lowlands d'Écosse. Elle est située de chaque côté de la rivière Cart, au nord de Gleniffer Braes, approximativement à 11,1 kilomètres à l'ouest-sud-ouest de Glasgow. C'est le centre administratif du council area, de la région de lieutenance et ancien comté de Renfrewshire. De 1975 à 1996, elle était la capitale administrative du district de Renfrew, au sein de la région du Strathclyde. L'abbaye de Paisley fut fondée durant le XIIe siècle. Une bourgade commença à se former autour de celle-ci. Elle reçut une charte royale de bourg en 1488. Elle devint connue aux XVIIe et XIXe siècles pour sa production textile, en particulier pour un motif qui porte son nom (voir Paisley (motif)). Paisley figure maintenant parmi les plus grandes municipalités d'Écosse par le nombre d'habitants, devant East Kilbride (pop. 73 796) mais derrière Glasgow, Édimbourg, Aberdeen et Dundee.

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Diocese of Paisley

The Diocese of Paisley (Latin: Dioecesis Pasletana) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the diocese covers the historic county of Renfrewshire (now the local government areas of Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde) and is 580 km2 (220 sq mi) in area making it the smallest diocese by area in Scotland. In 2004 the Catholic population of the diocese was 79,400 out of a total population of 342,000 (23.2%). By 2016 membership increased to 88,600 (23,8%) out of a total population of 372,800. The diocese comprises 33 parishes served by 30 priests (2021 figures). The diocese is divided into three deaneries namely St Mirin's Deanery (Renfrewshire), St Mary's Deanery (Inverclyde) and St John's Deanery (East Renfrewshire). The mother house of the religious society the Jericho Benedictines is in the village of Kilbarchan, near the town of Johnstone within the diocese. The Diocese is led by the Bishop of Paisley, currently the Right Reverend John Keenan, the fifth bishop of the diocese. The mother church of the diocese and seat of the bishop is St Mirin's Cathedral in the town of Paisley. The motto of the diocese is "For the Good of Souls".

Paisley Abbey

Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Replacing a church of the 8th century, the abbey church was founded as a Cluniac priory in 1163, with the present Gothic building dating from the 14th and 19th centuries. Following the Reformation in the 16th century, it became a Church of Scotland parish kirk.

St Mirin's Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint Mirin in Paisley, dedicated to Saint Mirin the patron saint of Paisley, is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Paisley and is the seat of the Bishop of Paisley.

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St Mirin's Academy

St Mirin's Academy was a Catholic senior secondary school for boys founded in 1922 in Paisley, Scotland, and which closed in 1976. The school was dedicated to St Mirin, the patron saint of the town and of the Diocese of Paisley. The Academy's Latin motto was Fortis et Fidelis ("Brave and Faithful"). The original buildings were in East Buchanan Street next to St Mirin's Church. In 1933 the school relocated to new buildings in Renfrew Road. St Mirin's Academy ceased to exist in 1976 when it amalgamated with St Margaret's Senior Secondary (a girls' school) to become St Mirin's and St Margaret's High School, which moved into the buildings of the former John Neilson High School in 1990, and in turn was supplanted by St Andrews Academy in 2001; there has been no school in the town of Paisley named after St Mirin since then. Neil MacKinnon, the school's longest serving rector (1948–1975), died on 7 May 2009, aged 99. On 24 April 2010, the former St Mirin's Academy building, then part of the Reid Kerr College complex, was badly damaged by fire. Estimates of damages ran between £250,000 and £500,000. The building was demolished in October 2010.

Abbey Bridge

Abbey Bridge is grade B listed road-bridge over the White Cart Water in the centre of Paisley in Scotland. It was erected in 1879, widened in 1933, and comprehensively restored in 2009.