Clerical Appointments
Diocese of Down and Connor
14th October 2016
In response to the pastoral needs of the people of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Bishop Noel Treanor has made the following clerical appointments which will take effect on Friday 28th October 2016:
Very Rev Martin Kelly to retire as a Pastoral Emeritus
Very Rev Michael Sheehan, to be PP Drumbo & Carryduff
Very Rev Eugene O’Neill, to be Adm St Patrick’s, Belfast
Very Rev Brendan Smyth, to be PP Killyleagh
Very Rev Brendan Mulhall, to be Adm Holy Trinity
Very Rev Diarmuid Sheehan, on loan from The White Fathers, to be Adm Coleraine
Very Rev Martin Magill, to be Adm Ballyclare & Ballygowan
Very Rev Darach MacGiolla Cathain, to be PP Sacred Heart
Very Rev Peter Carlin, to provide pastoral support in Sacred Heart Parish
Very Rev Patrick McCafferty, to be PP Corpus Christi
Rev Don Kettle, on loan from Archdiocese of Perth, to be Adm Crossgar
Rev Conor McGrath, to be CC Drumbo & Carryduff
Rev James O’Reilly, newly ordained, to be CC Antrim
Very Rev Brian O’Kane SMA, to be Adm Rasharkin pro tempore
Rev Gerard Fox, to be Associate Episcopal Vicar for Education
Rev Edward McGee, to be Director of Schools Trustee Service
I would like to record my thanks to all my priest colleagues affected by the above appointments. I thank all involved in these appointments for their co-operation and I wish them God’s blessing, good health and fulfilment in their respective ministries.
+Noel Treanor
Bishop of Down and Connor