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Clerical changes to Derry Diocese 21.08.07

THE BISHOP of Derry, Dr. Seamus Hegarty has announced the following clerical appointments.
Very Rev George McLaughlin, pp Moville, to retire; Rev John Farrell, pp Clonmany, to retire; Rev John Ryder, pp Greencastle, to retire; Right Reverend Monsignor Bryan McCanny VG, Adm St Columba's, Long Tower, (Templemore), to be parish priest of the Three Patrons Parish. Reverend John Cargan, cc Maghera, to be pp at Our Lady of Lourdes, Derry. Rev Sean McKenna, Adm St Mary's, Derry, to be pp Holy Family, Derry; Rev Stephen McLaughlin, Adm St Joseph's, Derry, to be pp, St Mary's, Derry; Reverend Oliver Crilly, pp Ardmore, to be pp Greenlough; Rev. Patrick O'Kane, Adm Holy Family, to be pp Moville; Rev. Neil Farren, cc Omagh, to be pp Ardmore; Rev. Eugene Hasson, Adm Claudy to be pp Greencastle, Co Tyrone; Rev Fintan Diggan, Adm St Patrick's, Derry to be pp Clonmany; Rev Eamon Graham Adm, Our Lady of Lourdes, Steelstown, to be Adm, Newtownstewart (Ardstraw East) pro tem. Reverend Patrick Baker, Adm St Brigid’s, Carnhill, to be CC Maghera; Reverend Roland Colhoun, CC St Columba’s, Long Tower (Templemore), to be Adm St Columba’s, Long Tower (Templemore); Reverend Michael McCaughey, cc Glendermott, to be Senior Hospital Chaplain to Altnagelvin, Gransha and Waterside Hospitals, in addition to cc Glendermott; Rev. Chris Ferguson, cc Holy Family, Ballymagroarty, to be cc Glendermott in addition to Assistant Hospital Chaplain to Altnagelvin, Gransha and Waterside Hospitals. Rev. John Irwin, to continue as chaplain to Nazareth House and to be priest-in-residence in Glendermott; Rev. Peter Madden, cc Ballinascreen, to be Adm Desertmartin pro tem; Rev. Francis Bradley, director of Diocesan Pastoral Centre, to be priest-in-residence in Our Lady of Lourdes, Steelstown; Rev. Brendan Crowley, cc Banagher, to be cc Malin; Rev. Gary Wade, Staff St Columb’s College, to be cc St Eugene’s Cathedral, (Templemore), Derry, in addition to part time staff St Columb’s College; Rev. Joseph Gormley, cc Desertmartin, to be cc The Three Patrons, Derry; Rev. Dermot McGirr, cc St Mary’s, Creggan, to be cc The Three Patrons, Derry; Rev. Kieran Page, cc Coleraine, to be cc Holy Family, Ballymagroarty; Rev. John McDevitt, cc Carndonagh, to be cc Drumragh (Omagh); Rev. Gerard Mongan, cc St. Eugene’s Cathedral (Templemore) to be cc St. Columba’s, Long Tower (Templemore) and Rev. Gerald Hasson cc Our Lady of Lourdes, Steelstown, (seconded from the Congregation of the Holy Spirit) to be cc St Mary’s, Creggan.
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