Cardinal James Michael Harvey, Archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of St Paul-outside-the Walls, Archbishop Antonio Mennini, the Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, and Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow will preside over the ordination of Mgr Leo Cushley, the former head of the English-language section of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, on September 21 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh.
US Cardinal Harvey, Mgr Cushley’s first superior in the Secretariat of State, will be the principal consecrator and principal celebrant of the Mass of Episcopal Ordination/Consecration.
Archbishop Tartaglia was named as Apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh when Cardinal Keith O’Brien retired in the spring.
Motherwell priest Mgr Cushley, who last met with Pope Francis earlier this month, said the Holy Father has ‘promised willingly to pray for all of us’ in St Andrews and Edinburgh.