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Cardinal Seán Brady announced this morning that Pope Benedict has appointed Mgr Eamon Martin, the Diocesan Administrator of Derry, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Archdiocese. Mgr Martin will assist the Cardinal in his work and should succeed Cardinal Brady as Archbishop on his retirement.
Speaking at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, the Cardinal 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.
Mgr Martin said he was shocked by the appointment but looking forward to his new role. “I was shocked some days ago, when I heard Archbishop Brown say that Pope Benedict XVI had nominated me as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh. I am very conscious of the great trust that the Holy Father has placed in me, but in truth I have to admit it was with considerable nervousness and trepidation that I accepted his call,” he said.
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