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This coming Saturday, Monsignor Seamus Horgan from Tobartaoscain will be called to serve as a Bishop of the Church and the first ever Papal Nuncio to South Sudan. The ceremony, which will take place in the Ennis Cathedral at 11am, is a great honour for the Ennis man and his family, and the event will be attended by a number of fellow priests, parishioners, cardinals, bishops and deacons. The Principal Consecrator will be Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State at the Vatican. Thirty years ago, in the same cathedral, a young Seamus Horgan was called by the late Bishop Michael Harty to priesthood. For the last three decades, Monsignor Seamus has answered that call to serve in Bodyke, Roscrea, Rome, Uganda, Switzerland, the Philippines and most recently in the United States. In May of this year, Pope Francis officially nominated Monsignor Horgan to be the Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan and at the same time named him as Titular …
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