Ordination of Monsignor Séamus Freeman, Bishop-elect of Ossory

28 Sep 2007

PRESS RELEASE

28th September 2007

Episcopal Ordination of Monsignor Séamus Freeman, Bishop-elect of Ossory

At 3.00pm on Sunday 25 November 2007, the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King, the Episcopal Ordination of Monsignor Séamus Freeman, Bishop–elect of Ossory, will take place in St Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny.

The Principal Consecrator will be Most Reverend Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, and the co-consecrators will be His Excellency Most Reverend Giuseppe Lazzarotto, Apostolic Nuncio, and Most Reverend Laurence Forristal, former Bishop of Ossory.

ENDS

Further information:
Martin Long Director of Communications (086 172 7678)
Kathy Tynan Communications Officer (086 817 5674)