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Bishop of Plymouth

The Bishop of Plymouth is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth in the Province of Southwark .

The diocese covers an area of 12,831 km² of the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. The see is in the City of Plymouth where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface .

The diocese was erected on 29 September 1850 from the Vicariate Apostolic of the Western District. The current bishop is the Righ Reverend Hugh Christopher Budd , the 8th Bishop of Plymouth.


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


Tenure Incumbent Notes
27 June 1851 to 30 March 1855George Errington Priest; ordained 25 July 1851; installed 7 August 1851; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Westminster
10 July 1855 to 24 October 1902William Vaughan Ordained 16 September 1855; died in office
25 October 1902 to 16 March 1911Charles Maurice Graham Coadjutor Bishop of Plymouth; retired
21 April 1911 to 23 September 1928John Joseph Keily Priest; ordained 13 June 1911; died in office
7 June 1929 to 2 November 1946John Patrick Barrett Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham; died in office
2 June 1947 to 11 May 1954Francis Joseph Grimshaw Priest; ordained 25 July 1947; appointed Archbishop of Birmingham
9 April 1955 to 19 November 1985Cyril Edward Restieaux Priest; ordained 14 June 1955; retired
19 November 1985 to presentHugh Christopher Budd Priest of Brentwood; ordained 15 January 1986


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