Down and Connor Diocesan Appointments
27th August 2017
In response to the pastoral needs of the people of the Diocese of Down and Connor, the following appointments have been made which take effect from Friday 22nd September 2017:
Very Rev Raymond Fulton, to be PP Rasharkin
Very Rev Con Boyle, to be PP Culfeightrin
Very Rev John Forsythe, to be PP Randalstown
Very Rev Patrick Sheehan, to be PP St Mary’s on the Hill, Glengormley
Very Rev Aidan Keenan, to be PP Nativity, Belfast
Very Rev Peter Carlin, to be PP St Matthew’s, Belfast
Very Rev Dermot McKay, to be Priest in Residence, Glenarm
Very Rev Anthony Alexander, to be PP Carnlough and PP Glenarm
Very Rev David Delargy, to be PP of the Lough Shore Parishes (Whitehouse, Greencastle and St James’)
Very Rev Ciaran Feeney, to be PP St Michael the Archangel, Belfast
Very Rev Anthony Fitzsimons, to be Administrator of St Colmcille’s, Ballyhackamore
Very Rev Martin Magill, to be PP St John’s, Belfast
Very Rev Joseph Rooney, to be Administrator of Ballyclare & Ballygowan
Rev Aidan McCaughan, to be Priest in Residence at St Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast
Rev Darren Brennan, to be CC St Mary’s on the Hill, Glengormley
Rev Damian McCaughan, to be CC Ballymena
Rev Dominic McGrattan, to pursue postgraduate studies in theology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
Rev Manuelito Milo, recently ordained, to be CC St Patrick’s, Belfast
Rev Brian Watters, to be CC St Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast
Mrs Paula McKeown, to be Director of the Living Church Office
Very Rev Paddy Delargy (PP Ballymena), to be Vicar General
Very Rev Eugene O’Hagan (Diocesan Chancellor), to be Vicar General
I would like to record my thanks to all involved in and affected by 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