IRELAND
Leinster Leader
Conor McHugh
16 Jun 2017
A new President has been appointed to St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, the national seminary.
Monsignor Hugh Connelly has departed from his position after he completed the usual 10 year term in the role.
He will take up the position of chaplain in the Irish College in Paris. A fluent French speaker, he is reportedly very fond of languages.
Monsignor Connolly was widely popular among students and teaching colleagues on both sides of the campus of Maynooth University.
And he managed to weather some controversy there amid allegations seminarians using a gay dating app.
Meanwhile the Reverend Professor Michael Mullaney has been appointed to replace Monsignor Connolly as President of Saint Patrick’s College, for the next three years, with effect from September 1 next.
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