Bishops Responsible for Isle of Wight

Vicars Apostolic of the London District until 1850

Rev. Dr. Thomas Griffiths	1836-48
Rev. Dr. Thomas Walsh	1848-49
Rev. Dr. Nicholas Wiseman	1849-50

Isle of Wight transferred to Southwark Diocese in 1850

Mgr. Thomas Grant	1851-70
Mgr. James Danell	1871-81

Isle of Wight transferred to Portsmouth Diocese in 1882

Mgr. John Vertue	1882-00
Mgr. John Baptist Cahill	1900-10
Mgr. William Cotter	1910-40
Mgr. John Henry King	1940-65
Mgr. Derek Worlock	1965-76
Mgr. Anthony Emery	1976-88
Mgr. Crispian Hollis	1988-Now

Rectors / Parish Priests at Ryde

Rev. Thomas Richardson	1844-45	Rev. Joseph Troy	1951-56
Rev. John Telford	1845-65	Rev. Daniel Cogan	1956-65
Rev. Henry Philips	1865-68	Rev. John Balfe	1965-70
Rev. John Baptist Cahill	1868-00	Rev. James Murray	1970-78
Rev. William Cotter	1900-10	Rev. Philip Connolly	1978-79
Rev. Stephen Mongan	1910-43	Rev. Richard Hind	1979-89
Rev. Albert Lion	1943-46	Rev. John Dunne	1989-95
Rev. Richard Arscott	1946-47	Rev. David Buckley	1995-02
Rev. Thomas Murphy	1947-51	Rev. John Catlin	2002-08
		Rev. Anthony Glaysher	2008-Now

Ryde Cemetery

Priests buried in the Catholic section of Ryde Cemetery in West Street:

Fr. Edward O'Shaughnessy	born 1837 ordained 1862 died 1863
Fr. John Telford	born 1814 ordained 1838 died 1865
Fr. Joseph Silveira	born 1794 ordained 1820 died 1876
Fr. Thomas Cahill	born 1831 ordained 1854 died 1876
Fr. Edward Cahill	born 1835 ordained 1859 died 1889
Mgr. William Roope	born 1849 ordained 1885 died 1904
Bishop John Baptist Cahill	born 1841 ordained 1864 died 1910

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