IRELAND
Derry Journal
Published on Friday 18 January 2013
Derry’s Diocesan Administrator, Monsignor Eamon Martin, will replace Cardinal Seán Brady as Archbishop of Armagh following his appointment as Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese.
Cardinal Brady made the announcement this morning in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh.
“The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Mgr Eamon Martin, Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Derry, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh,” the Primate said.
Cardinal Brady congratulated Monsignor Martin and thanked Pope Benedict for his appointment. “Today, in choosing Mgr Eamon Martin for the office of bishop, he has chosen a man of great gifts and great generosity who knows how to use those talents in the education of people – young and old,” he said.
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