Galway Bay fm newsroom – Tuam’s Fintan Monahan will be installed as the new Bishop of Killaloe tomorrow. (Sun 25/9)
The former Tuam schoolteacher, who’s 49, will be Ireland’s youngest bishop.
Fintan Monahan was announced as the new Bishop of Killaloe by Pope Francis in July.
He had been working as diocesan secretary for the Tuam Archdiocese.
Fintan Monahan was born in Tullamore, and between 1980 and 1996, his family lived in Carraroe where his father was principal teacher at Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin.
In 1996, they moved to Castlegar in the city, the native home of Fintan’s mother.
Bishop-elect Monahan was ordained as a priest in 1991, and is a former science, Irish and religion teacher at St Jarlath’s in Tuam.
He’ll be installed as Bishop of Killaloe at a special ceremony at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ennis at 3pm tomorrow.
Speaking ahead of his installation, Bishop-elect Monahan says he intends to work closely with the community and continue encouraging young men to join the priesthood.