Joseph Anthony Toal
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The Right Reverend Joseph Anthony Toal |
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| Bishop of Motherwell | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Motherwell |
| Appointed | 29 April 2014 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Devine |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 October 1956 Roybridge, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Residence | St Gerard's Presbytery, Bellshill, Scotland |
| Previous post | Bishop of Argyll & the Isles |
| Bishop of Argyll & the Isles | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll & the Isles |
| Appointed | 16 October 2008 |
| Installed | 8 December 2008 |
| Predecessor | Ian Murray |
| Successor | Brian McGee |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 July 1980 |
| Consecration | 8 December 2008 by Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O'Brien |
Joseph Anthony Toal (born 13 October 1956) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell.
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 & Edinburgh. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and Bishop Ian Murray, Bishop Emeritus of Argyll & the Isles.
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