Cathedral’s first ordination in 24 years

Cork’s North Cathedral was host to an ordination for the first time in 24 years at the weekend — the only ordination for the Cork Diocese this year.

The Rev Ben Hodnett became the first priest to be ordained at the Shandon St cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne, since 1990 in a ceremony attended by a number of priests from the diocese and by seminarians from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.

Fr Hodnett, who is in his late 20s, is a native of the surrounding Cathedral Parish and attended the local St Vincent’s Primary School, as well as Scoil Mhuire Fatima, the North Monastery and Gaelcholáiste Mhuire.