Diocese of Paisley

On 15 September 2008, the feast day of its patron saint St Mirin, the Diocese of Paisley celebrated its Diamond Jubilee. To mark the occasion a Mass concelebrated by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of St. James Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz, the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti, the Bishop of Motherwell Joseph Devine, the Bishop of Aberdeen Peter Moran, the Bishop of Galloway John Cunningham, the Emeritus Bishop of Paisley John Mone, the Bishop of Paisley Philip Tartaglia and many priests of the diocese took place in St Mirin's Cathedral. Present at the Mass were a large number of civic dignitaries and representatives of other churches in Paisley. Representing Queen Elizabeth II were the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire Guy Clark and his deputy James Wardrop. ==Papal visit==

On 16 September 2010 Pope Benedict XVI made a brief visit to the Diocese of Paisley when he departed from Glasgow Airport, which lies within the diocese to the north of the town of Paisley, for London Heathrow Airport after celebrating Mass at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. There to wish him farewell from Scotland were the Provost of Renfrewshire Councillor Celia Lawson and the Bishop of Paisley Philip Tartaglia. ==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 ==Sex abuse allegations==

In April 2026, Clarkston-based Diocese of Paisley priest Father Stephen Ballie was sentenced to 19 months in prison a month after being convicted of sexually assaulting a man at his church home. He immediately began serving his sentence. ==References==