- Statement of Archbishop Martin on the death of Bishop Emeritus Comiskey RIPby crysta.gunn@catholicbishops.ie on 29th April 2025 at 3:54 pm
Following the death of Bishop Brendan Comiskey SS CC, Bishop Emeritus of Ferns and former Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh and President of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has published the following statement: On behalf of the Bishops’ Conference, I wish to express my sadness at the death of Bishop Brendan
- Statement of Archbishop Dermot Farrell on the death of Bishop Emeritus Brendan Comiskey RIPby crysta.gunn@catholicbishops.ie on 29th April 2025 at 3:35 pm
I am greatly saddened by the news of the death of the Bishop Emeritus of Ferns, Brendan Comiskey, SS CC. After his initial theological studies, Bishop Comiskey was ordained a priest for Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, on 25 June 1961. In the following years he undertook postgraduate studies in theology in the Pontifical University of
- Statement of Bishop Nash on the death of Bishop Emeritus Brendan Comiskey RIPby crysta.gunn@catholicbishops.ie on 29th April 2025 at 3:03 pm
Bishop Brendan Comiskey, Emeritus Bishop of Ferns died on Monday, 28 April 2025. Bishop Brendan was a native of Clontibret, Co Monaghan and was a priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Bishop Brendan was appointed Bishop of Ferns in succession to Bishop Donal Herlihy. He had been Auxiliary Bishop in
- Media Diary Notice: Requiem Mass for Pope Francis in St Peter’s Cathedral Belfastby Chah Garde on 28th April 2025 at 8:55 am
You, or a representative, are invited to a Solemn Requiem Mass for Pope Francis in the Diocese of Down and Connor celebrated by Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ. Date and time Wednesday 30 April 2025, at 7.00pm Venue Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Belfast, Saint Peter’s Square, BT12 4BU Media
- Homily of Bishop Fintan Monahan for the Memorial Mass for Pope Francis RIPby Chah Garde on 26th April 2025 at 8:27 am
Homily At these words ‘It is the Lord’, Simon Peter, who had practically nothing on, wrapped his cloak round him and jumped into the water. The Gospel of the day for today, day six of the Easter Octave. When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope on the 13th of March 2013, before appearing in public