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Notices and News from Ballincollig Parish

Fr Ronan Sheehan (27) was ordained in his own parish church in Newcestown, Co Cork, on Sunday 18 September 2022 in a church packed with family, clergy, parishioners and friends

This was the West Cork church’s first ordination of a priest in its 150 year history.

Fr. Sheehan was ordained by Bishop Fintan Gavin, Bishop of Cork and Ross, and he becomes the youngest priest in the diocese.

The congregation included his parents Bud and Denise Sheehan, his sisters Ciara, Leona, Orlaith and Aoibhe, and extended family.

The Ordination to Priesthood of Fr Ronan Sheehan at St. John the Baptist Church, Newcestown, by BIshop Fintan Gavin, Bishop of Cork and Ross. (Photo: Peter Pietrzak)The Laying on of Hands by the bishop
the moment of priestly ordination

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