Ordination of Fr. Damian McCaughan
Posted on 05. Jul, 2011
Ordination to the Priesthood of Rev. Damian McCaughan by Bishop Noel Treanor
On Sunday 3 July 2011, Rev. Damian McCaughan was ordained to the Priesthood for the Diocese of Down and Connor at a ceremony held in St Malachy’s Church, Coleraine by Most Rev. Noel Treanor.
Rev. Damian McCaughan (31), the eldest of four children, is a native from the parish of Coleraine. Following his early studies at St Malachy’s Primary School, Coleraine and Loreto College, Coleraine, he pursued an undergraduate degree in Broadcasting Studies at the University of Leeds. During this Broadcasting Studies degree, he had the opportunity to take courses with the BBC’s training department and spent a year working as a Trainee Researcher for ITV Yorkshire. Following his graduation in 2001, Damian worked for a number of years as a Marketing Consultant in the IT and financial services sector.
In August 2005, Damian entered St Malachy’s College Seminary, Belfast where he began his formation for the priesthood and studied scholastic philosophy at Queens University Belfast. In August 2007, Damian continued his formation programme in the Pontifical Irish College, Rome where he completed a degree in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. In April 2010, he was ordained a deacon in Rome and is currently completing a Licentiate in Spiritual Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas.
We wish Fr Damian McCaughan every blessing on this occasion of his Ordination and for his future ministry in the Diocese of Down and Connor.