NEWS

Bishop Maurice Taylor has returned to the Father’s House.

Bishop Emeritus Maurice Taylor, the retired Bishop of Galloway and the oldest living Catholic bishop in Great Britain has died at the age of ninety-seven on the evening of 14 June 2023. Bishop Taylor, who grew up in Lanarkshire and served in the Army Medical Corps at the end of the Second World War, was ordained in 1950. He was the Rector of the Scots College in Valladolid, Spain from 1965 to 1974. He served on the Episcopal Board of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy and was its chairman from 1997 to 2002. He was nominated Bishop of Galloway in April 1981 and ordained Bishop by Cardinal Gordon Gray on 9 June 1981. Former Bishop of Galloway and currently Archbishop of Glasgow, Archbishop William Nolan said "As a young priest in East Kilbride, Bishop Maurice Taylor led a very active and vibrant parish, inspired by Vatican II. As a Bishop he had an energy that few could keep up with and as a retired Bishop he was very active in the diocese until recent years supplying for Clergy. He managed to find time to write four books which displayed his sharp mind and keen sense of humour. May his soul rest in peace.”