Maurice Taylor (bishop)


Maurice Taylor
Bishop Emeritus of Galloway
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSt Andrews and Edinburgh
DioceseGalloway
Appointed4 April 1981
Term ended7 April 2004
PredecessorJoseph McGee
SuccessorJohn Cunningham
Previous post(s)Rector of the Royal Scots College, Valladolid
(1965–1974)
Orders
Ordination2 July 1950
by Eliseu van der Weijer
Consecration9 June 1981
by Gordon Gray
Personal details
Born(1926-05-05)5 May 1926
Died14 June 2023(2023-06-14) (aged 97)
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
EducationOur Lady's High School, Motherwell
St Aloysius' College, Glasgow
Alma materBlairs College
Pontifical Scots College
MottoAmbula coram Deo [1]

Maurice Taylor (5 May 1926 – 14 June 2023) was a British Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway in Scotland from 1981 until 2004.

  1. ^ "Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway".