Bishop Joseph Anthony Toal was named Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain.
The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Joseph Devine in May 2013.
Bishop Toal had been serving as Bishop of Argyll and The Isles.
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- Fortes Palau and Lema Garcia named São Paulo
- Toal named Moetherwell Bishop
- Gomes retired as Dhaka Auxiliary
- Phamo (Thein Myint) resigned as Loikaw Bishop
- Sharma retired, Simick named Nepal Vicar
- Pecorari named Bulgaria Nuncio
- Paluzzi resigned as Montevergine Abbot
- Traquina Maria named Lisboa Auxiliary
- Senra de Faria Coelho named Braga Auxiliary
- Fernández Angulo named Caracas Auxiliary
- Piemontese named Terni-Narni-Amelia Bishop
- Gurda named Siedlce Bishop
- Cichy retired, Kiernikowski named Legnica Bishop
- Turco retired, Barbosa de Sousa named Osasco Bishop
- Odetoyinbo named Abeokuta Bishop
- Nkaijanabwo retired, Kibira named Kasese Bishop
- McMahon retired, Williams named Brentwood Bishop
- Skomarovskyi named Lutsk Bishop
- Macbeth-Green named Wilcannia-Forbes Bishop
- D’Ercole named Ascoli Piceno Bishop
- Buczek resigned, Szyrokoradiuk named Kharkiv-Zapor...
- de Angelis retired, McGrattan named Peterborough B...
- Fabene named titular bishop
- Tran Văn Toan named Long Xuyên Auxiliary
- Stevens retired, Ateba Edo named Maroua-Mokolo Bishop
- Oster named Passau Bishop
- Michel named Valence Bishop
- Aupetit named Nanterre Bishop
- Zingtung Grawng retired, Mang Thang succeeded as M...
- Kharkiv erected, Tuchapets named Archiepiscopal Ex...
- Senkiv named Stryj Bishop; Manyshyn named Auxiliary
- Coppola named Chad Nuncio
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