St Columba's Cathedral stands on the sea front at the northern end of Oban in Argyll and Bute. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles and the mother church of the diocese. Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed it in the Neo-Gothic style. The foundation stone was laid in 1932, and the building was completed in 1952.
The diocese raised part of the funding from supporters in the United States, Canada and Ireland. The cathedral is built of pink Peterhead granite and blue Inverawe granite. It is a Category A listed building, and the listing includes its boundary walls.
The diocese's medieval cathedral was on the island of Lismore, north of Oban. It was dedicated to St Moluag and is now a Church of Scotland High Kirk.
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