Posted by SCMO on 8th December 2008 in Christianity |
Monday 8 December 2008Ordination of Scotland's youngest
BishopThe ordination of Scotland's youngest
Bishop will take place on Monday 8December 2008 at 6pm in St. Columba's Cathedral, Oban. Monsignor JosephAnthony
Toal will be ordained by Cardinal Keith O'Brien as the new
Bishop ofthe Diocese of Argyll and The Isles. He will become the tenth
Bishop ofArgyll and The Isles since the restoration of the Scottish Hierarchy in 1878and will succeed
Bishop Ian Murray who has been
Bishop since 1999.Commenting ahead of the ceremony,
Bishop-elect
Toal said; As a Priest of the diocese of Argyll and The Isles I look forward very muchto serving the Priests and people of the Di...