The Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

is the Ordinary

Ordinary

In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...

 of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth

Diocese of Plymouth

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese in England. The episcopal see is Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface, located in Plymouth, Devon. The diocese covers the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, stretching from Penzance and the Isles of Scilly in...

 in the Province of Southwark, England.

The diocese covers an area of 12831 km² (4,954 sq mi) and consists of the counties of Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

 and Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

. The see

Episcopal See

An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...

 is in the City of Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

 where the bishop's seat

Cathedra

A cathedra or bishop's throne is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran churches...

 is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface

Plymouth Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface in Plymouth, England is the seat of the Bishop of Plymouth and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth, which covers the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. The Diocese of Plymouth was created in 1850, but it has a...

.

The diocese of Plymouth was one of the dioceses erected on 29 September 1850 from the Vicariate Apostolic of the Western District. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Christopher Budd

Hugh Christopher Budd

Hugh Christopher Budd is a British Roman Catholic prelate and the 8th Bishop of Plymouth....

, the 8th Bishop of Plymouth.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth, England

Bishops of Plymouth
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1851	1855	George Errington George Errington George Errington , the second son of Thomas Errington and Katherine of Clints Hall, Richmond, Yorkshire, was a Roman Catholic churchman....	Appointed bishop on 27 June 1851, consecrated on 25 July 1851, and installed on 7 August 1851. Translated to Westminster Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in England. The archdiocese consists of all the London boroughs north of the River Thames and west of the River Lea, together with the towns southwest of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames and...  as Coadjutor Archbishop on 30 March 1855.
1855	1902	William Vaughan William Vaughan (bishop) William Vaughan was a British clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.He was born on 14 February 1814 in London, England...	Appointed bishop on 10 July 1855 and consecrated on 16 September 1855. Died in office on 24 October 1902.
1902	1911	Charles Maurice Graham Charles Maurice Graham Charles Maurice Graham was a British clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Plymouth and Titular Bishop of Cisamus on 25 September 1891, and succeeded diocesan Bishop of Plymouth on 25 October 1902. He retired on 16 March 1911 and took the...	Appointed Coadjutor Bishop Coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...  of Plymouth on 25 September 1891 and consecrated on 28 October 1891. Succeeded Bishop of Plymouth on 25 October 1902. Retired on 16 March 1911 and appointed Titular Bishop of Tiberias. Died on 2 September 1912.
1911	1928	John Joseph Keily John Joseph Keily John Joseph Keily was an Irish clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.The son of Bartholomew and Margaret Keily, he was born on 23 June 1854 in Limerick, Ireland...	Appointed bishop on 21 April 1911 and consecrated on 13 June 1911. Died in office on 23 September 1928.
1929	1946	John Patrick Barrett John Patrick Barrett John Patrick Barrett was a British clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.He was born on 31 October 1878 in Liverpool, England...	Formerly an auxiliary bishop Auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...  of Birmingham (1926–1929). Appointed Bishop of Plymouth on 7 June 1929. Died in office on 2 November 1946.
1947	1954	Francis Joseph Grimshaw Francis Joseph Grimshaw Francis Joseph Grimshaw was a British clergyman who held high office in the Roman Catholic Church.-Life:Born in Bridgwater, Somerset on 6 October 1901, he was ordained to the priesthood on 27 February 1926. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Plymouth by on 2 June 1947...	Appointed bishop on 2 June 1947 and consecrated on 25 July 1947. Translated to the archbishopric of Birmingham Archbishop of Birmingham The Archbishop of Birmingham heads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham in England. As such he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Birmingham....  on 11 May 1954.
1955	1985	Cyril Edward Restieaux Cyril Edward Restieaux Cyril Edward Restieaux was Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth in the Province of Southwark from 9 April 1955 to 19 November 1985...	Appointed bishop on 9 April 1955 and consecrated on 14 June 1955. Died in office on 27 February 1996.
1986	present	Hugh Christopher Budd Hugh Christopher Budd Hugh Christopher Budd is a British Roman Catholic prelate and the 8th Bishop of Plymouth....	Appointed bishop on 19 November 1985 and consecrated on 15 January 1986.

See also

• St Boniface's Catholic College - school houses are named for the Bishops of Plymouth