The Bishop of Paisley is the

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of the

Diocese of Paisley The Diocese of Paisley ( la, Dioecesis Pasletana) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the diocese covers the historic county of ...

in the

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, Scotland. The diocese covers an area of and is the smallest by area in Scotland. The

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is in the town of Paisley where the bishop's 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

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, had been Vicar General of the Glasgow archdiocese. Upon the death of Black in March 1968 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

John Mone John Aloysius Mone (22 June 1929 – 14 October 2016) was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley. Early life John Mone was fourth of the six children of Arthur Mone and Elizabeth Dunn. Born in Glasgow, he was raised in the Crosshill distric ...

an auxiliary bishop of Glasgow and an appointee of Pope John Paul II. Following the retirement of 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. He was named Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 July 2012. On 8 February 2014 Pope Francis named John Keenan, the Catholic

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to the University of Glasgow, as fifth Bishop of Paisley. His

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ordination took place on Wednesday 19 March 2014, the Feast of Saint Joseph.

List of bishops of Paisley

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Diocese of Paisley
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop Of Paisley Religion in Paisley, Renfrewshire * de:Bistum Paisley it:Diocesi di Paisley

List of bishops of Paisley

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