Courtney McGrailThe Diocese of Limerick has announced its 2016 clerical changes, signalling a move towards what it terms “teams of priests” to cope with “the evolving clerical landscape”. While a number of priest have been moved to new posts, others have become parish priests of parishes in addition to remaining at work in their existing parishes. In announcing the changes, Bishop Brendan Leahy insisted there would be no alteration to parish structures or names.
“We have been saying for a number of years that we have to adapt for the fall-off in vocations and so far the changes we have implemented have managed this new landscape very well,” he said. “We have teams of priests working across different parishes and while this means we won’t necessarily have a priest living in every parish, there will be a PP for every parish.”
The full list of clerical changes can be found at http://www.limerickdiocese.org/