Today, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Niall Coll, 62, as Bishop of Raphoe, Irland.
Niall Coll was born on 25 August 1963 in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. He is the eldest of four children.
After ordination to the priesthood in July 1988, he studied in Rome and and earned a Doctoral degree in Christology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Attack on “Tridentine” Heritage
In October 2022, Francis appointed him as Bishop of Ossory. In his first statement, he said:
“The four-century and more long dominance of the Tridentine pattern has left Catholics almost everywhere unfamiliar with discerning and negotiating possibilities for change in church life.
But, trusting in the power of the Holy Spirit, discern and change we must, in line with Pope Francis’ emphasis on the need for ‘synodality’.”
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