Dublin Diocesan Appointments 2021 [Schedule 1]
30th June 2021
Moderator of the Curia
Father Gareth Byrne appointed Moderator of the Curia.
Vicars General
Father Gareth Byrne, Monsignor Ciaran O’Carroll and Father Donal Roche
appointed Vicars General.
Diocesan Chancellor
Father Paul Coyle appointed Diocesan Chancellor.
Vicar for Clergy
Monsignor Eoin Thynne appointed Vicar for Clergy.
Diocesan Synodal Steering Committee
Father Kieran McDermott appointed Chairman of Diocesan Synodal Steering
Committee.
Vocations
Father Seamus McEntee appointed Director of Vocations.
Father William O’Shaughnessy appointed Assistant Director of Vocations.
Parish Appointments
Balally
Very Reverend John Canon Delaney
Moderator Sandyford and Adm Balally
Ballygall
Father Paul St. John, SVD, Adm Walkinstown to retire as Adm and appointed Parish
Chaplain, Ballygall
Beaumont
Father Robert Smyth appointed Adm Beaumont Parish
Father Dominic Kwikiriza appointed curate to Beaumont Parish
Blakestown\Hartstown\Huntstown and Mountview
Father Joseph Coyne appointed Moderator of Blakestown\Hartstown\Huntstown
and Mountview
Blanchardstown
Father Michael Carey appointed PP Blanchardstown
Cabra
Father Michael O’Grady appointed PP Cabra, in addition to Cabra West
Castleknock and Laurel Lodge
Father Damian McNeice appointed PP of Castleknock and Laurel Lodge
Father Brendan Quinlan retires as Co PP, Laurel Lodge and appointed CC
Castleknock and Laurel Lodge
Clondalkin/Bawnogue/Rowlagh/Neilstown/Travelling People/Deansrath/Sruleen
grouping of parishes
Father Kieran Coghlan appointed Moderator
Clondalkin/Bawnogue/Rowlagh/Neilstown/Travelling People/Deansrath/Sruleen
grouping of parishes and Co-PP Clondalkin
Fr Padraig O’Sullivan Co PP Clondalkin
Bawnogue/Rowlagh/Neilstown/Travelling
People/Deansrath/Sruleen grouping of parishes
Dalkey
Father Liam Lacey appointed PP Dalkey
Donnybrook
Monsignor Ciaran O’Carroll appointed PP Donnybrook
Lucan\Esker- Dodsboro -Adamstown\Lucan South
Father Philip Curran appointed Moderator
Lucan\Esker- Dodsboro –
Adamstown\Lucan South
Lucan and Confey
Father Aloysius Zuribo appointed CC Lucan and Confey
Lucan South
Father Ubaldo Muhindo appointed curate-in-charge of Lucan South
Mulhuddart
Father Adrian F Crowley appointed CC Mulhuddart
Rathdrum and Roundwood
Father Derek Doyle appointed PP of Rathdrum in addition to PP Roundwood
Rathdrum, Roundwood and Glendalough
Father John Greene appointed curate to Rathdrum, Roundwood and Glendalough
Saggart, Rathcoole, Brittas and Newcastle
Father David Fleming appointed CC Saggart
Rathcoole, Brittas and Newcastle
Sutton and Howth and parish grouping Sutton/Howth/Baldoyle
Father Cyril Mangan appointed PP of Sutton and Howth and
Moderator of the parish grouping Sutton/Howth/Baldoyle
Father Gerard Tanham retires as Moderator of the groupings of
Sutton\Howth\Baldoyle and is appointed CC Howth and Sutton
Swords\ Brackenstown\ Rivervalley
Father Desmond Doyle appointed Moderator of Swords\ Brackenstown\
Rivervalley
Father Colin Rothery appointed Co-PP, Swords\ Brackenstown\ Rivervalley
Walkinstown
Father Paul Glennon, appointed PP Walkinstown
Permanent Deacons
Malahide, Portmarnock and Yellow Walls
Deacon Gerard Reilly appointed to Malahide, Portmarnock and Yellow Walls
Cabra, Cabra West and Phibsborough grouping of parishes.
Deacon Damian Murphy to Cabra, Cabra West and Phibsborough grouping of
parishes.
Ashford and Glenealy, Glendalough, Roundwood.
Deacon Jeremy Seligman appointed to the parishes of Ashford and Glenealy,
Glendalough, Roundwood.
Maynooth
Deacon Joe Walsh appointed to Maynooth Parish
Retired
Cabra
Very Rev. Patrick Canon Carroll, Moderator Cabra to retire as Moderator.
Dalkey
Father Patrick Devitt Adm Dalkey to retire as Adm.
Roundwood
Father Owen Lynch Co PP Roundwood to retire as Co PP.
Sabbatical Leave
Moderator
Monsignor Paul Callan retires as Moderator and granted sabbatical leave.
Leixlip
Father Karl Fortune CC Leixlip granted sabbatical leave.
Recalled
Father Thadeus Mkawma, Curate, Beaumont Parish is returning to Tanzania in
August 2021.
All appointments will take effect on the weekend of the 28th /29th August, unless already indicated.
PAT SAYS
It is good for us to have sight of the Dublin clerical changes 2021.
These are Dermot Ledwith – Farrell’s first major changes in Dublin.
I see Paul Callan gets a holiday.
I see Damian McNeice gets a parish after getting a slap from DLF.
The changes are fairly routine.
I think a few of those on the changes are mitre seekers:
Paul Callan
Ciaran O Carroll
Gareth Byrne
TOUGH WORDS FROM NIETZSCHE
I wonder if “thinkers” over-rate their importance?
BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY 