Scottish Catholic Observer

‘I will be a pilgrim for Christ’ is the pledge of the new auxiliary bishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh Archdiocese who will assist Cardinal Keith O’Brien. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Mgr Stephen Robson, archdiocesan chancellor, to the role on Tuesday morning, and Cardinal O’Brien said his installation on June 9 would be a key moment in a period of transition for the Church in Scotland. Cardinal O’Brien said that, as he approached his 75th birthday, he was ‘delighted’ Mgr Robson had been appointed his auxiliary bishop in order to ‘in the words of St Paul, make up what is lacking in my body for the body of the Church.’   Welcome support When the cardinal announced the appointment of Mgr Robson, 61, at the Gillis Centre on Tuesday the news was greeted with cheers by the assembled staff. Mgr Robson, who is also parish priest at Our Lady Star of the Sea, North Berwick and... continue reading.