Cyril Edward Restieaux was born in
Norwich, and ordained as a priest on 1 November 1932 in Rome. He was appointed
Bishop of Plymouth on 9 April 1955 and was consecrated bishop on 14 June 1955 at Plymouth by
Francis Grimshaw,
Archbishop of Birmingham;
John Murphy,
Archbishop of Cardiff; and
Joseph Rudderham,
Bishop of Clifton. Restieaux attended the Second Vatican Council. He was the principal consecrator of
Christopher Budd, Bishop of Plymouth, and assisted at the consecration of the late
George Dwyer,
Archbishop of Birmingham, and the late
James McGuinness,
Bishop of Nottingham. In 1986, Restieaux retired to
Torquay, where he died in 1996, two days after his 86th birthday. ==References==