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Thomas Joseph Neylon (born 16 February 1958) is the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Plestia and Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool.
Neylon carried out his studies in preparation for the priesthood at Saint Joseph’s College in Upholland and then at Saint Cuthbert’s College in Ushaw . On 31 May 1982 he was ordained a priest at Heaton Park Manchester by Pope John Paul II , during his historic papal visit to Britain, for the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
He subsequently served as parish priest at Saint Cuthbert’s, Wigan (1982-1986) and then in Skelmersdale (1986-1996). Neylon served as parish priest of Saint Julie’s parish in Eccleston, St Helens from 1996 until 2020 and jointly of Saint Teresa of Avila parish in Saint Helens from 2004 until 2018, and at English Martyrs parish in Haydock from 2018 until 2020. He was then appointed as parish priest of St Wilfrid's Catholic parish in Widnes .
In 2006 he became Dean of the pastoral zone of Saint Helens, and in 2007 vicar general. In 2008 he became a member of the Chapter of Canons of the Cathedral of Liverpool .
On 6 July 2021, Pope Francis appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, with the Titular See of Plestia.[ 1]
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool
Churches Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the KingChurch of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield St Mary's Church, Billinge St Joseph's Church, Birkdale Church of St Teresa of Avila, Birkdale Church of St Monica, Bootle St Michael's Church, Ditton St Mary of the Isle Church, Douglas St Anne's Church, Edge Hill Sacred Heart Church, Hindsford Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkdale St Joseph's Church, Leigh St Mary's Church, Little Crosby Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Liverpool Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Liverpool Church of Our Lady of Reconciliation, Liverpool Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool St Aloysius Church, Liverpool St Anthony's Church, Scotland Road St Anthony of Padua Church, Liverpool St Clare's Church, Liverpool St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool St Mary's Church, Woolton St Oswald's Church, Liverpool St Patrick's Church, Liverpool St Philip Neri Church, Liverpool Church of St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool St Oswald's Church, Padgate Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill Our Lady, Star of the Sea & St Maughold Church, Ramsey Our Lady Star of the Sea, Seaforth Church of St Mary, Lowe House Holy Cross Church, St Helens St Ambrose's Church, Speke St Alban's Church, Warrington St Benedict's Church, Warrington St Mary's Church, Warrington St Bede's Church, Widnes St John's Church, Wigan St Jude's Church, Wigan St Mary's Church, Wigan
Schools St Mary's College, Crosby The Academy of St Francis of Assisi The Academy of St Nicholas All Hallows Catholic High School All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby Archbishop Beck Catholic College Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Broughton Hall High School Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School Carmel College (St Helens) Christ the King Catholic High School, Southport De La Salle School, St Helens Holy Cross Catholic High School, Chorley Holy Family Catholic High School, Thornton Hope Academy Maricourt Catholic School Notre Dame Catholic College, Liverpool Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College Sacred Heart Catholic College St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk St Cuthbert's Catholic High School St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Whiston St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield St Edward's College St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool St John Bosco Arts College St John Fisher Catholic High School, Wigan St Julie's Catholic High School St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley St Mary's Catholic High School, Leyland St Peter's Catholic High School Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco
