Pope Benedict XVI meets the Bishops of Scotland, 5th February 2010

The membership of the Bishops' Conference is established by Statute which is approved by the Holy See.

"By law the following persons belong to the Bishops' Conference:

All diocesan bishops and those equivalent to them in law; all coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular bishops who exercise in Scotland a special office assigned to them by the Apostolic See or by the Conference."

Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien
President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland
www.archdiocese-edinburgh.org.uk

At present in Scotland only the diocesan bishops are members of the Conference: 

President: His Eminence Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien
Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh
www.archdiocese-edinburgh.org.uk 

Vice-President: Most Rev Mario J Conti
Archbishop of Glasgow
www.rcag.org.uk

Episcopal Secretary: Rt Rev Philip Tartaglia
Bishop of Paisley
www.rcdop.org.uk

Rt Rev Joseph Devine
Bishop of Motherwell
www.rcdom.org.uk

Rt Rev Vincent Logan
Bishop of Dunkeld
www.dunkelddiocese.org.uk

Rt Rev John Cunningham
Bishop of Galloway
www.gallowaydiocese.org.uk

Rt Rev Joseph Toal
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
www.dioceseofargyllandtheisles.org

Rt Rev Hugh Gilbert
Bishop of Aberdeen
www.dioceseofaberdeen.org

Although the Apostolic Nuncio is not by law a member of the Conference, his special office means he invited to the plenary assemblies and receives copies of the agendas and minutes.

 
The present Apostolic Nuncio is His Excellency Archbishop Antonio Mennini
Address: 54 Parkside, London SW19 5NE  Tel: 020 8944 7189  Fax: 020 8947 2494

"The Conference esteems the presence of its retired bishops .... and .... welcomes their participation in some of its commissions."

The following are retired bishops in Scotland:

Rt. Rev. Maurice Taylor, Bishop Emeritus of Galloway

Rt. Rev. John Mone, Bishop Emeritus of Paisley

Rt Rev Ian Murray, Bishop Emeritus of Argyll and the Isles

Rt Rev Peter Moran, Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen

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