Bishop ordained in second largest diocese

IRELAND’S second largest Catholic diocese got a new bishop yesterday when Monsignor Noel Treanor was ordained as Bishop of Down and Connor at a special ceremony in St Peter’s Cathedral in Belfast.

Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams attended the ordination following which he said: “Bishop Treanor will face many challenges in the time ahead, but he will have the best wishes of the people of the diocese. I congratulate him on his ordination and wish him well.”

Among the other dignitaries who attended the ceremony were President Mary McAleese, her husband Dr Martin McAleese and the Apostolic Nuncio, Giuseppe Leanza.