He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 28 May 2004, the principal consecrator being Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh with co-consecrating bishops Maurice Taylor, Bishop Emeritus of Galloway and John Mone, Bishop of Paisley.
He was inducted into the Episcopal office on May 28, 2004, with Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, serving as the principal consecrator, alongside Bishops Maurice Taylor, Bishop Emeritus of Galloway, and John Mone, Bishop of Paisley.