by Chah Garde | Nov 28, 2022 | News archive 2022
It was with sadness that I learned of the death of Bishop Martin Drennan, Emeritus Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora Diocese. Bishop Martin was ordained as a priest of Ossory Diocese in 1968 and ministered in a number of...
by Chah Garde | Nov 27, 2022 | News archive 2022
Together with my fellow bishops I am saddened to learn of the death of our Episcopal colleague Bishop Martin Drennan. A quiet person by nature, Bishop Drennan was a deeply spiritual, devoted and generous priest and bishop, who was widely respected for his piety,...
by Chah Garde | Nov 26, 2022 | News archive 2022
“I welcome the nine families of the Disappeared, and others … three families are also suffering the added pain of not having a grave to pray at. That is cruel.” Mass celebrated by Bishop Deenihan in Saint Catherine’s Church, Oristown, Co Meath, for the First Sunday...
by Chah Garde | Nov 26, 2022 | News archive 2022
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has announced this morning the appointment of Bishop Noël Treanor as Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union. As President of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, I wish to congratulate Bishop Noël on this new appointment which he...
by Chah Garde | Nov 26, 2022 | News archive 2022
His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Reverend Noël Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor, as Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union. Bishop Treanor will continue to govern as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Down and Connor, as sede vacante, until he...