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.

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