Joseph Toal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Scottish Catholic bishop
Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1956
Place of Birth: Roybridge, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profession: Catholic priest
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Joseph Toal
- Joseph Anthony Toal (born 13 October 1956) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell. On 29 April 2014 he was named by Pope Francis as the fifth Bishop of Motherwell, having served as Bishop of Argyll and the Isles since 2008.
- Born in Roy Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland on 13 October 1956, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles at St Columba's Cathedral in Oban on 10 July 1980.After ordination Toal served in Daliburgh and Ardkenneth on South Uist, Campbeltown and Benbecula before being appointed spiritual director at the Royal Scots College in Salamanca, Spain, in 1999.
- He was then vice rector before becoming rector of the College.Toal was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles by the Holy See on 16 October 2008 and consecrated to the episcopate on 8 December 2008.
- The principal consecrator was Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews & Edinburgh.
- The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and Bishop Ian Murray, Bishop Emeritus of Argyll & the Isles.Toal has been given the names of complainants who allege Cardinal Keith O'Brien committed predatory sex against them.
- Toal stated to The Observer newspaper, "It's been hard listening to what's being said, but it's important we hear what they're saying and the gravity of the situation.
- If I can help in some way, I will."On 29 April 2014, Toal was appointed by Pope Francis as the fifth Bishop of Motherwell.
- He was installed on Monday 23 June 2014 in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral, Motherwell.
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