The appointment of a new Bishop is always a time of nervous anticipation for who are called, both the faithful and the clergy, together, to share in his mission of proclaiming the Gospel, building up the body of Christ and reaching out to those on the margins. ...
On this Feast Day of the Presentation of the Lord, I send my prayerful good wishes and heartiest congratulations to Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ on his appointment to the See of Down and Connor. A native of Cloughmills, and a son of the diocese, his appointment is a...
As President of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and as Archbishop in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh, I warmly welcome today’s appointment, by Pope Francis, of Bishop Alan McGuckian, Bishop of Raphoe, as the new Bishop of Down and Connor. I...
It is amazing to me that I am here in Belfast this morning in these circumstances. When I left Queens University in 1972 to join the Jesuits, I felt certain that I would never have the opportunity to live here again. Then, God’s providence...
Prayerful good wishes to Bishop Alan McGuckian of Raphoe Diocese on the news today that he is to become Bishop of Down and Connor. While he is moving back to his native County Antrim, I am sure that he will miss the people of Raphoe (my native Diocese), and that...
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