IRELAND
Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, the Right Reverend Mgr Eamon Martin, Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Derry.
Notes for Editors
◦A photograph of Monsignor Martin is available from the Catholic Communications Office, Maynooth.
◦Life and ministry of Very Rev Monsignor Eamon Martin:
Eamon Martin was born on 30 October 1961 in Pennyburn, Derry. His mother Catherine Crossan lives in Derry and his father John James Martin is deceased (RIP June 2006). He comes from a family of twelve children – six boys and six girls.
Eamon Martin was ordained a priest in Saint Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry, by Bishop Edward Daly, Bishop Emeritus of Derry, on 28 June 1987. In September of that year Mgr Martin was appointed Assistant Priest, Parish of Templemore, Derry. He was appointed to the teaching staff of Saint Columb’s College, Derry in September 1990 to teach Mathematics and Religion and became Head of Religious Education in the College in September 1997. Mgr Martin was appointed President of Saint Columb’s College in May 2000.
In June 2008 Mgr Martin was appointed Executive Secretary to the Irish Episcopal Conference in Maynooth, Co Kildare. Two years later in June 2010 he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Derry by Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Bishop Emeritus of Derry. On 18 November 2010 Mgr Martin was appointed Chaplain to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and he was elected Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Derry on 25 November 2011.
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