Bishop Brendan Kelly, the newly appointed Bishop of Galway. Bishop Brendan Kelly has been appointed as the new bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, after being appointed by Pope Francis on Monday.
Previously serving the Diocese of Achonry for a decade, the bishop said that he was still “somewhat in shock” at his appointment, as he had never expected to be shepherding another diocese.
In 1971 Bishop Kelly was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Galway, and taught in Coláiste Éinde and Our Lady’s College in Gort.
“I look forward to working again with the priests of Galway diocese, colleagues since the day I was ordained up to the time I left here 10 years ago,” said Bishop Kelly, adding that the world needs the Good News “more than at any moment in history”.