Bishop Larry Duffy, Bishop of Clogher, has made the following diocesan appointments with effect from Tuesday 1 October 2024:
Very Rev Canon Patrick McGinn Adm Monaghan & Rackwallace, Tyholland and Kilmore & Drumsnatt, to be PP Ballybay (Tullycorbet), Latton (Aughnamullen West) and Rockcorry (Ematris).
Very Rev Canon Owen J McEneaney PP, Ballybay (Tullycorbet), Latton (Aughnamullen West) and Rockcorry (Ematris) to be Priest-in-Residence in Carrickmacross (Machaire Rois).
Fr Leo Creelman, CC, Monaghan & Rackwallace to be Adm Monaghan & Rackwallace, Tyholland and Kilmore & Drumsnatt
Fr Humphrey Ude to return as CC in Monaghan & Rackwallace as well as in Tyholland and Kilmore & Drumsnatt.
Fr Kevin Connolly CC, Carrickmacross, to be CC in the Mid-Monaghan Pastoral Area and reside in Clontibret.
Fr Kieran Danfulani CC, Ballybay (Tullycorbet) to be CC in the South-Monaghan Pastoral Area and reside in Magheracloone.
Fr Gabriel Dolan SPS, to be CC in the Clones Pastoral Area and reside in Aghadrumsee.
Fr Peter Edson Tambula (Diocese of Chikwawa, Malawi) to be CC in Monaghan & Rackwallace as well as in Tyholland and Kilmore & Drumsnatt.
Bishop Duffy expresses his thanks to all the priests who are taking up new appointments and welcomes Fr Peter and Fr Gabriel to their ministry in our diocese.
In particular, Bishop Duffy thanks all the priests and deacons of the diocese once again for their continued generous service to the people of God. He notes that it is clear from the changes that their ministry increasingly stretches to more than one parish. ‘
As, together, we move forward and into the Jubilee Year of 2025 – with its theme of “Pilgrims of Hope” – let us pray that the Lord will continue to “comfort you and strengthen you in everything good that you do or say” (2 Thess 2:17). May the Lord bless us now and always’, Bishop Duffy concludes.