IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Majella O’Sullivan
Monday November 26 2012
OMG – it’s an appropriate response to unexpected good news, even from a bishop-elect.
Canon William Crean (60) revealed to his parishioners yesterday his reaction when Papal Nuncio Dr Charles Brown told him the Holy Father wished him to become Bishop of Cloyne.
“Within the first three sentences he had asked me and I thought: ‘Oh my God’,” Canon Crean told the congregation at 12pm Mass in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry, where he has served for the past six years.
He also appealed for prayers from his parishioners to support him in his new role.
No ordination date has been fixed yet, but the Tralee native has already said he would use his appointment to try to bring “healing” to the Co Cork diocese that has been wracked by controversy over child abuse.
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