Monsignor Joseph McGuinness The hierarchy has announced the appointment of Clogher priest Msgr Joe McGuinness as the body’s new executive secretary.
Msgr McGuinness will succeed Dr Gearóid Dullea who has served in the post for a number of years.
The executive secretary is responsible for organising how the work of the conference is prepared, arranged and carried out. He also ensures that the secretariat is at the service of the conference and its members, and works under the direction of Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin.
Msgr Dullea – who has held the position since 2010 – will return to minister in his home Diocese of Cork and Ross.