Priests On The Move From Tralee As Clerical Changes Announced

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Fr Patsy Crean Lynch and Msgr Sean Hanafin.

FR Patsy Lynch will be leaving St Brendan’s next month, The Spa will lose Fr Eamonn Mulvihill to be replaced by Fr Pat Crean Lynch of Ballymac, while Msgr Sean Hanafin will become PP in Ballybunion as a number of clerical changes have been announced in the Diocese of Kerry.

Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne, has announced the changes which come into effect on July 19 (see full list of changes below). He also said that soon it will not be possible to have a weekend Mass in every church in the diocese, such is the lack of clergy.

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“That day is not far off,” he said. “In all there are 111 churches in our 53 parishes in the diocese. Most parishes have two or three churches, a small number have one church, and one parish has four churches.  When that decision has to be made, and a local community finds that is the situation regarding their church, we will have some guiding principles:

A priority is that the church area community continue as a separate faith community, with its own identity, its committees, its National School etc.  Where appropriate, funeral Masses, marriages, baptisms, first Friday Masses, will continue in that church.
Parishioners will attend ‘Sunday Mass’ in neighbouring churches. ‘Community spirit’ may involve sharing transport to ensure everyone has the opportunity to travel to a neighbouring church. Celebrating Sunday Mass is always the weekly communal prayer of every baptised person.”

He also paid tribute to two priest who passed away earlier this year.

“The first days and weeks of Easter saw the sad death of two active priests, Fr John Lucid who died suddenly and Fr Pat Moore who was ill for two years. They are greatly missed by their fellow priests, their many friends and by the people of Kilcummin, Duagh and Moyvane parishes. We are inspired by their lives. For them we trust in God’s mercy and his promise of eternal life. May they rest in Peace.”

Here is the full list of appointments:

Retirements:

Fr. Eoin Mangan PP Knocknagoshel

Appointments:

• Mgr. Sean Hanafin VG returns from Sabbatical to be PP Ballybunion

• Fr. Anthony O Sullivan PP Brosna on Sabbatical until July 2018

• Fr. Noel Spring Ballybunion to be PP Castletownbere

• Fr. Gearoid Walsh PP Castletownbere to be PP Ballymacelligot

• Fr. Pat Crean-Lynch PP Ballymacelligot to be PP The Spa

• Fr. Eamon Mulvihill PP The Spa to be PP Kilcummin

• Fr. David Gunn PP Ballinskelligs (Prior) to be PP Brosna

• Fr. Patsy Lynch CC St Brendans Tralee to be PP Ballinskelligs(Prior)

• Fr. Niall Geaney CC (Pro-tem) Killarney to be CC St Brendans Tralee

• Fr. Martin Spillane PP Adrigole to be PP Caherdaniel

• Fr. Martin Sheehan PP Caherdaniel to be PP Adrigole

Following Fr. Eoin Mangan retiring as PP of Knocknagoshel, the parish of Knocknagosel will be served by the priests of the Castleisland Pastoral Area

Priests of all Pastoral Areas of the Diocese take up different responsibilities outside their own parishes in the Pastoral Area.  This will be decided and communicated locally.

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