These are the bishops currently on the list for retirement, with the year indicating when due to retire2009 - Clogher - Bishop Duffy
2010 - Ardagh & Clonmacnoise - Bishop O'Reilly
Killaloe - Bishop Walsh
2011 - Cloyne - Bishop Magee (can be considered as now gone with a replacement due to be announced by Easter 2010)
Elphin - Bishop Jones
Kerry - Bishop Murphy
2012 - Kildare & Leighlin - Bishop Moriarty
2013 - Clonfert- Bishop Kirby
2014 - Cashel & Emly - Archbishop Clifford
Armagh - Archbishop Brady
Cork & Ross - Bishop Buckley
2015 - Derry - Bishop Hegarty
Limerick - Bishop Murray
Meath - Bishop Smith
Raphoe - Bishop Boyce
2016 - Waterford & Lismore - Bishop Lee
Providing Benny XVI doubles up on the time of his namesakes, by 2016 he will have appointed 20 new bishops to a total of 26 Irish dioceses averaging 2 appointments every year.
The current junior backbenchers of the Purple Parliament are as follows:
Galway - Drennan b.1944 (2019) _ word is that his health is not top notch at present and currently known as the Invisible Bishop due to lack of public appearances.
Kilmore - O'Reilly b.1944
Dublin - Martin b.1945
Ferns - Brennan b.1945
Tuam - Neary b.1946
Killala - Fleming b.1948
Dromore - McAreavey b.1949
Interesting times ahead, and considering our little vocations crisis to the priesthood, there will be yet hopefully more pastoral appointments to the frontbenches in Maynooth...only time will tell and the upcoming appointments as mentioned above will certainly give an indication of the mind of Benny XVI.....
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