Parish of Clarecastle (Clare Abbey)
Parish Priest
Address
Parish OfficeParochial House
Church Drive, Clarecastle, Co. Clare
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SS Peter and Paul
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Fr. Fr. Albert McDonnell PP PP
Tel: +353 65 6832155Fr. Albert is the Chancellor of the Diocese of Killaloe and Moderator of the Mid-Clare South Cluster of Parishes
Fr. Fr. Anthony Casey PP PP
Tel: +353 65 9059008Fr. Anthony is the Co-ordinator of the group responsible for Pastoral Planning in the Diocese.
Fr. Fr. Arnold Rosney CC PP
Tel: +353 61 471513 E-mail office: arnoldrosney@gmail.comFr. Arnold is the moderator of the Tradaree Cluster of parishes.
Fr. Fr. Brendan Quinlivan Adm PP
Tel: +353 65 6869094 E-mail office: fr.quinlivan@gmail.comFr Brendan is the Diocesan Communications Officer
Fr. Fr. Des Hillery PP VG PP
Tel: +353 67 37130 E-mail office: deshillery@gmail.comFr Des Hillery who is a native of Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare was educated at St Flannan’s College, Ennis and St Patrick’s College Maynooth. He was ordained in 1984. He continued Post Graduate Studies in Maynooth in 1984-85, receiving the STL and he completed the Higher Diploma in Education in UCC while teaching in St. Finbarr’s College, Farranferris.
He returned to the Diocese in 1986 and taught in St. Flannan’s College Ennis until 1994 when he was appointed to the formation staff of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. While there he also took a one year Diploma in Spirituality and Counselling in St Louis University, Missouri, USA. He completed his appointment in Maynooth in 2005 and took a course in Mission Studies in Dalgan Park, Navan, Co Meath as an associate priest with the Columban missionaries. In 2006 he volunteered to work with the Columban Missionaries in Lima, Peru.
He returned to the diocese in 2012 and since that time has been serving as Parish Priest of Nenagh. Following the appointment of Bishop Kieran O’Reilly as Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Fr. Des was elected as Administrator of the Diocese until the ordination of Bishop Fintan on September 25th.
- Vicar General
According to the Code of Canon Law (CIC 475): Â In each diocese, the Diocesan Bishop is to appoint a Vicar General to assist him in the governance of the whole Diocese.
(CIC 479) In virtue of his office the Vicar General has the same executive power throughout the whole diocese as that which belongs by law to the diocesan Bishop: that is, he can perform all administrative acts, with the exception however of those which the Bishop has reserved to himself, or which by law require a special mandate of the Bishop.
Fr. Fr. Ger Nash PP
E-mail office: g.nash@killaloediocese.ieFr. Ger is the Diocesan Secretary and Director of Pastoral Planning
Fr. Fr. Ignatius McCormack PP
Tel: +353 86 2777139 E-mail office: ignatiusmccormack@gmail.comFr. Iggy id the Diocesan Director of Vocations.
Fr. Fr. Michael Geraghty PP
Tel: 067 31272Director of the Youth Section of the Killaloe Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Fr. Fr. Pat Larkin PP
Tel: +353 65 683 9735 E-mail office: pjlarkin@eircom.netFr. Pat is the Moderator of the Mid-Clare North Cluster of Parishes.
