The Bishop of Paisley is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Paisley in the Province of Glasgow, Scotland.
The Bishops' Conference of Scotland (BCOS), under the trust of the Catholic National Endowment Trust, and based in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, is an episcopal conference for archbishops and bishops of the Catholic Church in Scotland. The conference is primarily made up of the presiding bishops of Scotland's eight dioceses as well as bishops who have retired.
The Diocese of Paisley 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 Renfrewshire and is 580 km2 (220 sq mi) in area making it the smallest diocese by area in Scotland.
John Cunningham was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Galloway from 2004 to 2014.
The Diocese of Argyll and the Isles is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland, in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.
Charles Petre Eyre (1817–1902) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who was appointed the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Glasgow since the Scottish Reformation. He served as archbishop from 1878 to 1902.
Donald Alphonsus Campbell was a Scottish prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow from 1945 to 1963.
The Archdiocese of Glasgow is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see of the Province of Glasgow in central Scotland. The episcopal seat of the developing diocese was established by Saint Kentigern in the 6th century AD. It is one of two catholic metropolitan archdioceses of the Catholic Church in Scotland: the only archdioceses in Scotland. It is the elder of the two bishoprics. Innocent VIII first raised Glasgow a metropolitan archbishopric in 1492. The Metropolis has the dioceses of Motherwell and Paisley as suffragans within the Ecclesiastical Province.
Roderick Wright was a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1990 to 1996.
James Black was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley in Scotland.
John Aloysius Mone was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley.
Joseph Anthony Toal is a Scottish Roman Catholic bishop. On 29 April 2014 he was named by Pope Francis as the fifth Bishop of Motherwell, having served as Bishop of Argyll and the Isles since 2008.
The Right Reverend Stephen McGill PSS was the sixth Bishop of Argyll and the Isles and second Bishop of Paisley.
Donald Martin was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1919 to 1938.
John Toner was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Dunkeld from 1914 to 1949.
William Andrew Hart was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Dunkeld from 1955 to 1981.
James William McCarthy was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Bishop of Galloway in Scotland from 1914 to 1943.
Edward Wilson Douglas was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the first Bishop of Motherwell from 1948 to 1954.
Francis Alexander Spalding Warden Thomson was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Motherwell from 1964 to 1982.
John Keenan is the bishop of the Diocese of Paisley in Scotland. His appointment by Pope Francis was announced on 8 February 2014. He is the fifth Bishop of Paisley.
