The Bishop of Galloway, also called the Bishop of Whithorn, was the eccesiastical head of the Diocese of Galloway, said to have been founded by Saint Ninian

Saint Ninian

Saint Ninian is a Christian saint first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland...

 in the mid-5th century. The subsequent Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

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 bishopric was founded in the late 7th century or early 8th century, and the first known bishop was one Pehthelm, "shield of the Picts". According to Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical tradition, the bishopric was founded by Saint Ninian

Saint Ninian

Saint Ninian is a Christian saint first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland...

, a later corruption of the British

Brythonic languages

The Brythonic or Brittonic languages form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family, the other being Goidelic. The name Brythonic was derived by Welsh Celticist John Rhys from the Welsh word Brython, meaning an indigenous Briton as opposed to an Anglo-Saxon or Gael...

 name Uinniau or Irish Finian; although there is no contemporary evidence, it is quite likely that there had been a British or Hiberno-British bishopric before the Anglo-Saxon takeover. After Heathored (fl.

Floruit

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 833), no bishop is known until the apparent resurrection of the diocese in the reign of King Fergus of Galloway

Fergus of Galloway

Fergus of Galloway was King, or Lord, of Galloway from an unknown date , until his death in 1161. He was the founder of that "sub-kingdom," the resurrector of the Bishopric of Whithorn, the patron of new abbeys , and much else besides...

. The bishops remained, uniquely for Scottish bishops, the suffragans of the Archbishop of York until 1359 when the pope released the bishopric from requiring metropolitan assent. James I

James I of Scotland

James I, King of Scots , was the son of Robert III and Annabella Drummond. He was probably born in late July 1394 in Dunfermline as youngest of three sons...

 formalised the admission of the diocese into the Scottish church on 26 August 1430 and just as all Scottish sees, Whithorn was to be accountable directly to the pope. The diocese was placed under the metropolitan jurisdiction of St Andrews on 17 August 1472 and then moved to the province of Glasgow on 9 January 1492. The diocese disappeared during the Scottish Reformation

Scottish Reformation

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, but was recreated by the Catholic Church in 1878, although now based at Ayr

Ayr

Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde in south-west Scotland. With a population of around 46,000, Ayr is the largest settlement in Ayrshire, of which it is the county town, and has held royal burgh status since 1205...

.

List of known Anglo-Saxon bishops of Whithorn

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
731 – 735	Pehthelm Pehthelm Pehthelm was the first historical bishop of the episcopal see of Candida Casa at Whithorn. He was consecrated in 730 or 731 and served until his demise...	Died in office.
d. 762 x 764	Frithwald Frithwald Frithwald was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Whithorn. The version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the Worcester Chronicle says that in 735 he succeeded Pehthelm, after the latter's death, as Bishop of Whithorn...
d. 776 x 777	Pehtwine Pehtwine Pehtwine was an 8th century English Bishop of Whithorn. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records his consecration as bishop at a place called Ælfetee; the consecration was perhaps conducted by Egbert, Archbishop of York. The same source inform us that he died in either 776 or 777, on the "thirteenth...
bp. 777	Æthelberht of Whithorn Æthelberht of Whithorn Æthelberht was a 8th century Anglo-Saxon bishop. His consecration as Bishop of Whithorn can be placed using the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on 15 June in either 776 or 777, and took place at York. In either 789, 790 or 791 he became Bishop of Hexham; he was succeeded at Whithorn by Beadwulf. He died on...	Was translated to the bishopric of Hexham around 789.
790 – c. 803	Beadwulf Beadwulf Beadwulf was the last Bishop of Candida Casa to be consecrated by the Northumbrian Archbishop of York. He appears in four years of the chronicles and nowhere else...	Last known Bishop of the Northumbrian era.

Heathored

Heathored

Heathored of Whithorn is sometimes given as the Northumbrian Bishop of Whithorn , following the demise of Bishop Beadwulf. He is possibly the last known Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Whithorn. His name occurs for the last time around 833; no other bishop at Whithorn is known until the accession around...

 is described as the successor to Beadwulf by some accounts. His inclusion on the list as a Bishop of Whithorn is not credible.

List of known bishops of Galloway/Whithorn

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1128-1154	Gille Aldan Gille Aldan Gille Aldan , of Whithorn, was a native Galwegian who was the first Bishop of the resurrected Bishopric of Whithorn or Galloway. He was the first to be consecrated by the Archbishop of York, who at that time was Thurstan...
1154-1186	Christian of Whithorn Christian of Whithorn Christian of Whithorn was Bishop of Whithorn , the second incumbent of that Episcopal See since it had been resurrected by King Fergus of Galloway earlier in the 12th century....
1189-1209	John of Whithorn John of Whithorn John of Whithorn was a medieval Bishop of Galloway. His first appearance as bishop-elect is at the coronation of Richard, Cœur de Lion as King of the English at Westminster Abbey on 3 September 1189...
1209-1235	Walter of Whithorn Walter of Whithorn Walter was Chamberlain of Alan, Lord of Galloway and later Bishop of Galloway. As Alan's chamberlain, he succeeded Bishop John after the latter's death, in 1209...
1235-1253	Gilbert of Glenluce Gilbert of Glenluce Gilbert was a 13th century Cistercian monk, abbot and bishop. His first appearance in the sources occurs under the year 1233, for which year the Chronicle of Melrose reported that "Sir Gilbert, the abbot of Glenluce, resigned his office, in the chapter of Melrose; and there he made his profession"...
1235	Odo Ydonc Odo Ydonc Odo Ydonc was a 13th century Premonstratensian prelate. The first recorded appearance of Odo was when he witnessed a charter by Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick, on 21 July 1225...  (bishop-elect)	Elected in opposition to Gilbert, lost litigation and therefore was never consecrated, and never took possession of see.
1253-1293	Henry of Holyrood Henry of Holyrood Henry was a 13th century Augustinian abbot and bishop, most notable for holding the positions of Abbot of Holyrood and Bishop of Galloway.It is not known when Henry became an Augustinian nor when he became Abbot of Holyrood Abbey...
1294-1324 x 1326	Thomas de Kirkcudbright Thomas de Kirkcudbright Thomas de Kirkcudbright, also known as Thomas de Dalton [de Daltoun], was a medieval prelate from the Kingdom of Scotland. He was apparently a nutritus, or foster son, of Robert V de Brus, Lord of Annandale, and seems to have been closely linked in some way to Adam de Kirkcudbright, the man who...	Also called Thomas de Dalton and Thomas de Galloway.
1326-1355	Simon de Wedale Simon de Wedale Simon de Wedale O. S. A., was a 14th century Augustinian canon who rose to become Abbot of Holyrood and then Bishop of Galloway. Little is known of Simon until he appears on 27 February 1321 as Abbot of Holyrood Abbey near Edinburgh...	Previously Abbot of Holyrood.
1355-1358 x 1359	Michael MacKenlagh Michael MacKenlagh Michael MacKenlagh was Bishop of Galloway or Whithorn . He had previously been Prior of Whithorn, head of the cathedral's monastery and leader of the local religious elite...
1358 x 1359-1362 x 1363	Thomas MacDowell Thomas MacDowell Thomas MacDowell was Bishop of Galloway . He had previously been rector of the parish of "Kyrteum" , and so was certainly a native of Galloway, as his Gaelic name further suggests. He was provided to the see by Pope Innocent VI sometime before December 1359. He was consecrated at Avignon by...  (bishop-elect)
1363-1378	Adam de Lanark Adam de Lanark Adam de Lanark, O.P. was a 14th century Scottish Dominican friar and prelate. Possibly from a Lanark burghess family, he was a Dominican and a priest by 1356, and by 1364 was styled Magister, indicating the completion of a long university education. He first appears in the sources, c...
el. 1378x1379; cons. 1379	Oswald of Glenluce Oswald of Glenluce Oswald O. Cist. was a Cistercian monk and bishop in the late 14th century and early 15th century. There is an Oswald Botelere granted a safe-conduct, along with 12 others, to enter England and study at the University of Oxford, in 1365, but this Oswald Butler cannot be shown to be the same as the...	Anti-Bishop of the Western Schism Western Schism The Western Schism or Papal Schism was a split within the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417. Two men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope. Driven by politics rather than any theological disagreement, the schism was ended by the Council of Constance . The simultaneous claims to the papal chair... . Consecrated with the support of the Archbishop of York Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...  and Pope Urban VI Pope Urban VI Pope Urban VI , born Bartolomeo Prignano, was Pope from 1378 to 1389.-Biography:Born in Itri, he was a devout monk and learned casuist, trained at Avignon. On March 21, 1364, he was consecrated Archbishop of Acerenza in the Kingdom of Naples... , in opposition to the other Galloway bishops, who were supporter of the Avignon Pope Avignon Papacy The Avignon Papacy was the period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven Popes resided in Avignon, in modern-day France. This arose from the conflict between the Papacy and the French crown.... . Never took possession of see.
1378 x 1379	Ingram de Ketenis Ingram de Ketenis Ingram de Ketenis [de Kethenys] was a medieval cleric from Angus in Scotland.A graduate of the University of Paris, he was Archdeacon of Dunkeld for over half a century. During his time, he received papal provision to be Bishop of Galloway, but refused to accept the position.De Ketenis famously...	Received papal provision, but refused to accept the position.
1379-1393 x 1394	Thomas de Rossy Thomas de Rossy Thomas de Rossy O. F. M. was a late 14th century Scottish Franciscan friar, papal penitentiary, bishop and theologian. Of unknown, or at least unclear origin, he embarked on a religious career in his early years, entering the Franciscan Order, studying in England and at the University of Paris.He...
1409-1412 x 1415	Elisaeus Adougan Elisaeus Adougan Elisaeus Adougan was a late 14th century and early 15th century Scottish cleric. His name has been said to have occurred for the first time in a papal letter datable to November 25, 1390, but this letter is simply a repetition of another addressed to him, dated August 2 of that year; both letters...
1412 x 1415	Gilbert Cavan Gilbert Cavan Gilbert Cavan was a cleric based primarily in Galloway in the early 15th century, a servant of the earls of Douglas and briefly Bishop of Galloway-elect...  (bishop-elect)	Pope Benedict XIII Pope Benedict XIII -Footnotes:...  rejected his election in favour of Thomas de Buittle.
1415-1422 x 1422	Thomas de Buittle Thomas de Buittle Thomas de Buittle [Butil, Butill, Butyll, Butyl, Bucyl] was a Scottish prelate, clerk and papal auditor active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Probably originating in Galloway, Scotland, Thomas took a university career in canon law in England and France, before taking up service at the...
1422-1450	Alexander Vaus Alexander Vaus Alexander Vaus [Vause, de Vaus] was a late 14th century and 15th century Scottish prelate. Said to have been the younger son of one Patrick Vaus , he apparently held "church livings" in Galloway as early as 1421....	Previously Bishop of Caithness Bishop of Caithness The Bishop of Caithness was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Caithness, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The first referenced bishop of Caithness was Aindréas, a Gael who appears in sources between 1146 and 1151 as bishop. Aindréas spent much if not all of his career outside his... .
1450-1457/8	Thomas Spens	Translated to the Bishopric of Aberdeen Bishop of Aberdeen The Bishop of Aberdeen was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Nechtan...  in 1457.
1457	Thomas Vaus Thomas Vaus Thomas Vaus [de Vaus, Vause] was a 15th century Scottish royal official and cleric. He was a graduate of the University of Paris, being admitted there as a Bachelor ad eundem in 1445, graduating as a Licentiate in 1447. At some stage he completed an M.A., and bore the title of "Master". His...	Dean Dean (religion) A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...  of Glasgow Glasgow Cathedral The church commonly known as Glasgow Cathedral is the Church of Scotland High Kirk of Glasgow otherwise known as St. Mungo's Cathedral.The other cathedrals in Glasgow are:* The Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew... , provided to bishopric on translation of Spens to Aberdeen in 1457; as this translation was not effective, and had to be repeated in 1458, but Vaus' provision was not repeated.
1458-1480 x 1482	Ninian Spot Ninian Spot Ninian Spot [de Spot] was a royal clerk and prelate in the 15th century Kingdom of Scotland. He spent much of his youth at university, eventually obtaining Master's Degree....
1482-1508	George Vaus George Vaus George Vaus was a Scottish prelate from the late 15th and early 16th century. Possessing a Masters Degree, he became a cleric, parson of Wigtown and on 9 December 1482, he was provided the bishopric of Galloway...
1508-1509	James Beaton James Beaton Dr. James Beaton was a Scottish church leader, the uncle of Dr. David Cardinal Beaton and the Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland....	Became Archbishop of Glasgow.
1509-1526	David Arnot David Arnot David Arnot O. S. A. was a 16th century Scottish Augustinian abbot and bishop. He was from the Arnot family of Arnot, Fife.-Archdeacon of Lothian:...
1526-1541	Henry Wemyss Henry Wemyss Henry Wemyss was a prelate from the 16th century Kingdom of Scotland. He appears in the sources in the bishopric of Galloway for the first time in 1517, and rose to become Bishop of Galloway in 1526, a position he held until his death in 1541....
1541-1558	Andrew Durie Andrew Durie Andrew Durie , bishop of Galloway and abbot of Melrose, was the son of John Durie of Durie in Fife, and brother to George Durie, abbot of Dunfermline and archdeacon of St. Andrews.-Early career and abbacy of Melrose:...
1559-1575	Alexander Gordon	Scottish Reformation Scottish Reformation The Scottish Reformation was Scotland's formal break with the Papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation; and in Scotland's case culminated ecclesiastically in the re-establishment of the church along Reformed lines, and politically in...  of 1560 broke links with the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... ; Gordon himself became a Protestant. Bishopric now part of the Church of Scotland Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation.... .
1575-1586	John Gordon	Roger Gordon got crown provision and a mandate for consecration, but never actually seems to have take control of the see. John Gordon resigned in 1586 in favour of his brother George.
1578–1579 × 1587	Roger Gordon Roger Gordon Roger Gordon was a 16th century Scottish cleric. He was Dean of Dunblane Cathedral from at least 13 April 1554, a position he may have retained for the remainder of his life. He was elected to the bishopric of Galloway on the death of Alexander Gordon in 1575...	Got crown provision in 1578, but does not appear to have been able to oust John Gordon.
1586-1588	George Gordon George Gordon (bishop) George Gordon was a 16th century Scottish prelate. He was the son of Alexander Gordon, Bishop of Galloway, and the brother of John Gordon, also Bishop of Galloway...
1588-1605	Vacant	Due to hostility to episcopacy in Scotland, there was a lull in appointing new bishops in this period, though no bishops in possession were deposed.
1605-1612	Gavin Hamilton
1612-1619	William Couper William Couper (bishop) William Couper , bishop of Galloway, son of John Couper, merchant-tailor, of Edinburgh, was born in 1568. After receiving some elementary instruction in his native city, and attending a school at Dunbar for four years, he entered in 1580 the university of St. Andrews, where he graduated M. A. in...
1619-1634	Andrew Lamb Andrew Lamb Andrew Lamb , bishop of Brechin and bishop of Galloway, was probably son or relative of Andrew Lamb of Leith, a lay member of the general assembly of 1560...	Translated from the bishopric of Brechin Bishop of Brechin The Bishop of Brechin is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Brechin or Angus, based at Brechin Cathedral, Brechin. The diocese had a long-established Gaelic monastic community which survived into the 13th century. The clerical establishment may very well have traced their earlier origins... .
1635-1638	Thomas Sydserf Thomas Sydserf Thomas Sydserf [Sydserff] was a 17th century Scottish prelate. The eldest son of an Edinburgh merchant, Sydserf graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1602 before travelling to continental Europe to study at the University of Heidelberg. After returning to Scotland, he entered the...	Along with every other bishop in Scotland, he was deprived of his bishopric in 1638. He became bishop of Orkney Bishop of Orkney The Bishop of Orkney was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Orkney, one of thirteen medieval bishoprics within the territory of modern Scotland. It included both Orkney and Shetland. It was based for almost all of its history at St...  in 1661 after The Restoration and the renewal of episcopacy. He died in 1663.
1638-1661	Vacant	The episcopacy was abolished in Scotland for this period.
1661-1674	James Hamilton	First bishop after the renewal of episcopacy.
1676-1679	John Paterson	Translated to the bishopric of Edinburgh Bishop of Edinburgh The Bishop of Edinburgh is the Ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Edinburgh.The see was founded in 1633 by King Charles I. William Forbes was consecrated in St. Giles' Cathedral as its first bishop on 23 January 1634 though he died later that year... .
1679	Arthur Rose Arthur Rose Arthur Rose was a seventeenth century Scottish priest, Archbishop of St Andrews, and Episcopal Primate of Scotland.-Life:The younger son of Elizabeth Wood and her husband, John Rose, minister of Birse, he was born in 1634...	Previously Bishop of Argyll Bishop of Argyll The Bishop of Argyll or Bishop of Lismore was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. It was created in 1200, when the western half of the territory of the Bishopric of Dunkeld was formed into the new diocese. The bishops were based at Lismore... . He was translated to the Archbishopric of Glasgow Archbishop of Glasgow The Bishop of Glasgow, from 1492 Archbishop of Glasgow, was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then, as Archbishop of Glasgow, the Archdiocese of Glasgow... , and later became Archbishop of St Andrews Archbishop of St Andrews The Bishop of St. Andrews was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of St Andrews and then, as Archbishop of St Andrews , the Archdiocese of St Andrews.The name St Andrews is not the town or church's original name... .
1680-1687	James Aitken	Previous Bishop of Moray Bishop of Moray The Bishop of Moray or Bishop of Elgin was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Moray in northern Scotland, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics... . Resided mostly in Edinburgh.
1687/8-1689	John Gordon John Clement Gordon John Clement Gordon , originally just John Gordon, bishop of Galloway, was born in Scotland on 1644, and was a member of the Gordon family of Coldwells, near Ellon in Buchan, Aberdeenshire...	Deprived of bishopric after the abolition of episcopacy in the Church of Scotland Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....  in 1689. Later converted to Roman Catholicism and took the name James Clement Gordon.

List of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway, Scotland

The modern Bishop of Galloway is the Ordinary

Ordinary

In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...

 of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway

Diocese of Galloway

The Diocese of Galloway was one of the thirteen dioceses of the pre-1689 Scottish Church. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Galloway and was centred on Whithorn Cathedral....

 in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.

The diocese was resurrected on 4 March 1878 from the Vicariate Apostolic of the Western District. The church of Saint Andrew in Dumfries

Dumfries

Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...

 served as pro-cathedral until it was destroyed by a fire in May 1961 and the seat moved to Ayr in 1962. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Cunningham

John Cunningham (Bishop)

John Cunningham is a Roman Catholic priest who is the current Bishop of Galloway.John Cunningham was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland on 22 February 1938. He was educated at St Mary's College, Blairs and St. Peter's Seminary, Cardross. Later he was a student of the Scots College, Rome...

, the 7th Bishop of Galloway. The diocese covers an area of 9,332 km². The see

Episcopal See

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 is in the town of Ayr

Ayr

Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde in south-west Scotland. With a population of around 46,000, Ayr is the largest settlement in Ayrshire, of which it is the county town, and has held royal burgh status since 1205...

. Until 2007 the seat was located at the Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd

Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr

The Good Shepherd Cathedral in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland was the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Galloway Diocese.- History :The Church of the Good Shepherd was opened in 1957, to serve the communities of Whitletts, Dalmilling, Lochside and Braehead areas of Ayr. Before the church was...

 which was built in 1957. In early 2007 Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

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 accepted the petition of Right Reverend John Cunningham

John Cunningham (Bishop)

John Cunningham is a Roman Catholic priest who is the current Bishop of Galloway.John Cunningham was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland on 22 February 1938. He was educated at St Mary's College, Blairs and St. Peter's Seminary, Cardross. Later he was a student of the Scots College, Rome...

, the 7th Bishop of Galloway, to move the seat to St Margaret's Church, Ayr

Ayr Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint Margaret, also known as Ayr Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Ayr, Scotland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Galloway, and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway.- History :...

. This has now been done and the Church of the Good Shepherd has been closed.

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
22 March 1878 to 16 January 1893	John McLachlan John McLachlan (bishop) John McLachlan was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1878 to 1893.Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 7 September 1826, he was ordained to the priesthood on 16 March 1850. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway by the Holy See on 22 March 1878,...	Priest; ordained 23 May 1878; died in office
16 June 1893 to 19 January 1914	William Turner William Turner (Bishop of Galloway) William Turner was a Scottish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Galloway from 1893 to 1914.Born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 12 December 1844, he was ordained to the priesthood on 26 April 1868. He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway by the Holy See on 16 June 1893,...	Priest; ordained 25 July 1893; died in office
25 May 1914 to 24 December 1943	James McCarthy	Priest; ordained 9 June 1914; died in office
24 December 1943 to 2 February 1952	William Mellon	Coadjutor Bishop of Galloway; died in office
19 July 1952 to 4 April 1981	Joseph McGee	Priest;ordained 11 November 1952; retired
4 April 1981 to 7 April 2004	Maurice Taylor Maurice Taylor (Bishop) Maurice Taylor was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway, Scotland from 1981 until 2004.Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire he attended St Cuthbert's Primary, Burnbank, before going on to St...	Priest; ordained 9 June 1981; retired
7 April 2004 to present	John Cunningham John Cunningham (Bishop) John Cunningham is a Roman Catholic priest who is the current Bishop of Galloway.John Cunningham was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland on 22 February 1938. He was educated at St Mary's College, Blairs and St. Peter's Seminary, Cardross. Later he was a student of the Scots College, Rome...	Priest; ordained 28 May 2004