NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
June 18, 2018
A former catering manager has been ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Down and Connor.
Fr Tony McAleese was ordained by Bishop Noel Treanor at a Mass in the Church of St Vincent de Paul on Sunday.
He is the first priest originally from Belfast’s St Vincent de Paul parish to be ordained there in 50 years.
The 34-year-old is a native of the Ligoneil area in north Belfast and said it was a wonderful occasion.
He felt that his late mother would have been with him in spirit for his ordination, he said.
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