On the move: diocesan changes announced

THE Castlebar parish is to have a new parish priest. He is Fr. Conal Eustace who is leaving a similar post in Ballinrobe and Kilmaine to move to the county town.

Fr. Eustace will replace the retiring Fr. John Cosgrove from July 15 next.

The full list of diocesan changes announced by the Archbishop of Tuam, Dr. Michael Neary, are as follows:

Very Reverend Canon Pádraig O’Connor, P.P., Mountbellew, to retire.

Very Reverend Canon John Cogrove, P.P., Castlebar, to retire.

Very Rev. Patrick Gilligan, P.P., Cong, to be Vicar Forane of Ballinrobe Deanery.

Very Rev. Canon Joseph O’Brien, P.P., Abbeyknockmoy, to be Vicar Forane of Tuam Deanery.

Very Reverend Canon Conal Eustace, P.P., V.F., Ballinrobe and Kilmaine, to be P.P., Vicar Forane, Castlebar.

Very Reverend Gerard Burns, Adm., Clonbur/Cornamóna, to be P.P., Clonbur/Cornmóna.

Very Reverend Michael Gormally, P.P., Achill, to be P.P., Ballinrobe and Kilmaine.

Very Reverend Raymond Flaherty, Adm., Headford, to be P.P., Headford.

Reverend John Murray, C.C., Castlebar, to be P.P., Achill.

Reverend Karl Burns, C.C., Westport, to be P.P., Mountbellew/Moylough.

Reverend Patrick Burke, C.C., Knock, to be C.C., Westport.

Reverend Shane Sullivan, C.C., Tuam, to be C.C., Castlebar.

Reverend Nigel Woollen, Knock, to be C.C., Knock Parish.

Reverend Yesudas Kodiveetil, Diocese of Alleppey, Kerala, South India, to be C.C., Tuam.