Could Scottish dioceses be merged?

Scotland’s bishops have been asked to reflect on 'whether the present situation of eight dioceses is suitable.'

Scotland’s bishops announced this week that the Vatican has asked them to reflect on “whether the present situation of eight dioceses is suitable.”

St. Columba’s Cathedral in Oban, Scotland, the seat of the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles. Credit: David Martin/wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0.

The bishops said March 22 that they would be discerning between “two poss…