Bishop of Paisley

Bishop of Paisley

The Bishop of Paisley is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley in the Province of Glasgow.

The diocese covers an area of 580 km² (224 square miles) and is the smallest by area in Scotland. The see is in the town of Paisley where the seat is located at St Mirin's Cathedral.

The diocese was erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow. The first bishop of the new diocese was James Black who, prior to his appointment by Pope Pius XII, had been Vicar General of the Glasgow archdiocese. Upon the death of Bishop Black in March 1968 the Rt Rev Stephen McGill was translated by Pope Paul VI from the see of Argyll and the Isles and remained in Paisley until his retirement in March 1988 whereupon he was succeeded by the Rt Rev John Mone an auxiliary bishop of Glasgow and an appointee of Pope John Paul II.

Following the retirement of Bishop Mone, Philip Tartaglia was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be the new Bishop on 13 September 2005 and was consecrated at St Mirin's Cathedral on 20 November 2005.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley, Scotland

See also

*Lists of office-holders


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