Provost of Renfrewshire Councillor Celia Lawson and the Bishop of Paisley John Keenan. Bishops Past and present ordinaries The following is a list of the Bishops of Paisley: James Black (appointed 28 February 1948 – died 29 March 1968) Stephen McGill, P.S.S. (appointed 25 July 1968 – retired 8 March 1988) John Aloysius Mone (appointed 8 March 1988 – retired 7 October 2004) Philip Tartaglia (appointed 13 September 2005 - translated to the Archdiocese of Glasgow 8 September 2012) John Keenan (appointed 8 February 2014) Paisley Diocesan priests elevated to the episcopacy John Cunningham, appointed Bishop of Galloway in 2004 Brian Thomas McGee, appointed Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in 2015 References External links Diocese of Paisley GCatholic.org Jericho Benedictine Society Religion in Paisley, Renfrewshire Roman Catholic dioceses in Scotland Christian organizations established in 1947 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1947 establishments in Scotland Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Glasgow