Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Diocesan Appointments 2011 - Down & Connor

15th January 2011
Down and Connor Diocesan Appointments

Having considered the pastoral needs of the people of the Diocese, Bishop Noel Treanor has made the following appointments:

Very Rev John Murray PP St Luke’s to be PP St Michael the Archangel;
Rev Brian McCann CC St Paul’s to be PP St Luke’s;
Rev Michael McConville to be Assistant Priest St Patrick’s (pro-tem);
Rev Thariathkutty Perumayan Varrid (known as Fr Anthony), a priest of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, (Kerala, India), to be CC St Paul’s and to provide pastoral care for the faithful of the Syro-Malabar rite;
Rev Clement Marshall, a native of Belfast, retired priest of the Diocese of Portsmouth, to be Assistant Priest, Larne (pro-tem).
Fr Peter Carlin resigned as Parish Priest of St Michael the Archangel in order to join the Columban South American Priest Associate programme for a period of three years. We wish Fr Peter every blessing as he undertakes this missionary experience with the Columban Fathers in Latin America.
I take this opportunity to thank Fr Declan Thomson SPS for his ministry during the past year in the parishes of Bangor and St Michael the Archangel.
I extend a warm welcome to Fr Anthony and to Fr Clement Marshall as they begin ministry in the diocese. Fr Anthony has been seconded to our diocese for an initial period of three years and Fr Clement will supply until Easter.
Together with Bishops Farquhar and McKeown, I should like to record my thanks once again to all our priest colleagues affected by these appointments. We thank them for their cooperation.  
 We wish them God’s blessing, good health and fulfillment in their new appointments.
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