Who We Are
The Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney has over 40 churches across, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and the Northern Isles.
Links and information about the Diocese
Here you will find helpful links for our Bishop and our Diocesan officials and staff. Information about the history of the Episcopal church in our Diocese can also be found here and our links to Episcopal Dioceses overseas.
About The Bishop
The Rt Rev Anne Dyer became Bishop of The Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney on Thursday 1st March 2018.
Staff and Officials
If you need help in identifying the correct person to speak to or contact, please get in touch with the Diocesan Office.
Our Churches
Our Church Directory provides contact details for each of our Churches in the Diocese and there are useful maps to help find where they are located.
Historical Perspectives
A diocese is a geographical area where the local Christians are led by a bishop. ‘Bishop’, from the Greek word episkopos which means ‘overseer’, has been used since New Testament times of Christian leaders.
People Stories – The Diocese oF Aberdeen and Orkney
Revd William Shannon
William Patrick Shannon (1909 – 1995) was born and educated in Glasgow. He was ordained in Edinburgh diocese in 1934, and served there until 1946. After a spell in Elgin, he moved in 1955 to be provost of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen. A particularly energetic provost, he took a prominent hand in diocesan affairs and had some provincial influence: he invented the ‘Pisky Pub Sign’, the distinctive welcome sign that hangs outside almost all Scottish Episcopal churches showing the shields of all seven dioceses. He left in 1965 to be vicar of a parish in Herefordshire.