Bishop McKeown announces clerical changes to Derry Diocese

The Most Rev Donal McKeown has announced clerical changes to the Diocese of Derry.

The clerical changes will also see the retirement of Fr Oliver Crilly, Priest-in-Residence Urney and Castlefin.

Clerical changes for the Diocese of Derry are effective from Saturday, August 31, 2024.

Full list of changes announced by Bishop McKeown:

– Rev Seamus Kelly, PP Dungiven to be Priest-in-Residence Dungiven
– Rev Declan Boland, PP Camus to be Priest-in-Residence Camus, Clonleigh and Leckpatrick
– Rev Michael McCaughey, PP Three Patrons, to be PP Camus and PP Clonleigh and PP Leckpatrick
– Rev Colm O’Doherty, PP Clonleigh, to be PP Moville Lower
– Rev Gerard Sweeney, PP Leckpatrick, to be PP Dungiven
– Rev Dermot McGirr, CC Ballinascreen and Desertmartin, to be PP Banagher
– Rev Micheál McGavigan, Adm Banagher, to be PP Three Patrons, in addition to his existing appointments as Judicial Vicar, Director of the Diocesan Pastoral Centre and Instructor for the Armagh Inter-diocesan Marriage Tribunal
– Rev Edward Gallagher, PP Moville Lower, to be CC Camus and CC Clonleigh and CC Leckpatrick
– Rev Michael McCaul, CC Drumragh, to be CC Ballinascreen and Desertmartin
– Rev Joseph Varghese, CC Dungiven, to be CC Drumragh
– Rev Oliver Crilly, Priest-in-Residence Urney and Castlefin, to retire.

Bishop McKeown has to keep our priests and the people and parishes they serve in your prayers.

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