previous_post appointed predecessor religion birth_place installed installation title nationality type birth_date residence article_title diocese name church
bishop of argyll & the isles 29 april 2014 joseph devine roman catholic roybridge , scotland 23 june 2014 23 june 2014 bishop of motherwell scottish bishop 13 october 1956 st gerard 's presbytery , bellshill joseph toal
 roman catholic diocese of motherwell joseph anthony toal roman catholic
joseph toal

joseph anthony toal is the roman catholic bishop of motherwell in scotland .
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 .
born in roy bridge , inverness-shire , scotland on 13 october 1956 , he was ordained a priest of the roman catholic diocese of argyll and the isles at st columba 's cathedral in oban on 10 july 1980 .
after ordination he served in daliburgh and ardkenneth on south uist , campbeltown and benbecula before being appointed spiritual director at the royal scots college in salamanca , spain , in 1999 .
he was then vice rector before becoming rector of the college .
toal was appointed bishop of the diocese of argyll and the isles by the holy see on 16 october 2008 and consecrated to the episcopate on 8 december 2008 .
the principal consecrator was cardinal keith o'brien , archbishop of st andrews and edinburgh .
the principal co-consecrators were archbishop faustino sainz muñoz , apostolic nuncio to great britain and bishop ian murray , bishop emeritus of argyll and the isles .
on 29 april 2014 , bishop toal was appointed by pope francis as the fifth bishop of motherwell .
he was installed on monday 23 june 2014 in our lady of good aid cathedral , motherwell .
