 On the expulsion of the Jesuits from France, Talbot was named President of the College of St. Omer's in August, 1762.In March 1776, he was consecrated to the titular See of Acon as coadjutor to Bishop Hornyold, whom he succeeded in the government of the Midland District in December, 1778.Bishop Tlbot died in Bristol in 1795, and was buried in St. Joseph's Church.