Priest Appointments and Movements
This year there are a number of movements within the Diocese detailed below, the majority of said movements/appointments are likely to happen in September.
Parish Priests and Priest-in-Charge
- Fr Paul Andrew to Helston (within Falmouth Parish), and part-time priestly ministry at Treliske Hospital
- Fr Michael Brandon to St Austell as Priest-in-Charge. Fr Michael joins us from the Archdiocese of Birmingham, with his wife
- Fr John Conroy MHM to Ilfracombe as Priest-in-Charge
- Fr James Courtney OSB to Ivybridge and Modbury as Priest-in-Charge
- Fr Guy de Gaynesford to Lynton as Chaplain to the Sisters of Mary Morning Star (Maria Stella Matutina), and to work with the Vicariate for Evangelisation and Catechesis
- Fr Ian Hellyer to Peverell as Priest-in-Charge
- Fr Andrej Jablonski to Kingsbridge and Salcombe, as Parish Priest and Chaplain to Dartmouth Catholic School
- Fr Gilmour McDermott to take on formal oversight of Torpoint and Saltash, as well as Liskaard and Sclerder
- Mgr Keith Mitchell to Bridport as Parish Priest
- Canon Peter Morgan to Barnstaple as Parish Priest
- Canon Kristian Paver to Tiverton as Parish Priest
- Fr Louie Rieunier to be Private Secretary and Parish Priest of Totnes
- Fr Martin Stone to be Priest-in-Charge of Yelverton and Tavistock, priest chaplain at Derriford and sacramental ministry at Dartmoor Prison
- Fr Paul Rea has resigned from ecclesiastical office
Assistant Priests
- Fr Oscar Ardila to the Cathedral as Assistant Priest, whilst remaining Chaplain to Notre Dame School, and priestly ministry to the Missio as Gentes families of the Neo-catecheumenal Way
- Fr James Barber to Barnstaple as Assistant Priest
- Fr Babu Mattappillil CM to St Peter’s, Crownhill as Assistant Priest. Fr Babu joins us from the Indian Province of the Vincentians
- Fr Cyriacus Ozochukwu to be Assistant Priest at Sacred Heart, Exeter
We congratulate these priests on their new appointments and remember them in our prayers as they start their new mission.
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