Joseph Anthony Toal is a Roman Catholic bishop. He is the current Bishop of Argyll and the Isles

Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Catholic)

The Bishop of Argyll and The Isles is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland....

 in Scotland

Scotland

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.

Born in Roy Bridge

Roybridge

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, Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire

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, Scotland on 13 October 1956, he was ordained

Holy Orders

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 a priest

Priesthood (Catholic Church)

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 of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh....

 at St Columba's Cathedral in Oban

Oban

Oban Oban Oban ( is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban...

 on 10 July 1980.

After ordination he served in Daliburgh

Daliburgh

Daliburgh is a crofting township in Scotland situated one and a half miles west from Lochboisdale and has the second largest population of any township in South Uist.Like Lochboisdale, Daliburgh has undergone major changes in recent years....

 and Ardkenneth on South Uist

South Uist

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, Campbeltown

Campbeltown

Campbeltown is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran , it was renamed in the 17th century as Campbell's Town after Archibald Campbell was granted the site in 1667...

 and Benbecula

Benbecula

Benbecula is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,249, with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the area administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western...

 before being appointed spiritual director at the Royal Scots College

Royal Scots College

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 in Salamanca

Salamanca

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, Spain

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, in 1999. He was then vice rector before becoming rector of the College.

Toal was appointed bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

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 of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh....

 by the Holy See

Holy See

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 on 16 October 2008 and consecrated

Consecration

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 to the episcopate

Episcopal polity

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 on 8 December 2008. The principal consecrator

Consecrator

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 was Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz

Faustino Sainz Muñoz

Faustino Sainz Muñoz is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Nuncio to Great Britain from 2004 until December 2010, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2004.-Biography:...

, Apostolic Nuncio

Nuncio

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 to Great Britain

Great Britain

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 and Bishop Ian Murray

Ian Murray (bishop)

Ian Murray is the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Scotland.-Early life:Murray is the eldest of the four children of John and Margaret Murray. He was educated at St. Machan's Primary School and St. Ninian's High School in Kirkintilloch and the National Junior Seminary of St...

, Bishop Emeritus

Emeritus

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of Argyll and the Isles.