Clergy Appointments

The Rt Rev Patrick O’Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster, has after consultation with Bishop Michael Campbell and the Vicars General made the following appointments:

Fr John Baron: (Parish Priest, Christ the King Parish Carlisle) also to be Priest in Charge, St Margaret Mary, Carlisle (4 May)
Fr Anthony Gaskin: (Administrator, Mater Amabilis Parish, Ambleside) to be Assistant Priest, Christ the King & St Margaret Mary Parishes, Carlisle with specialresponsibility for and resident at St Margaret Mary Parish, Carlisle (4 May)
Fr David Duane: (Parish Priest, Our Lady of the Wayside, Grasmere) also Priest in Charge, Mater Amabilis Ambleside Parish (4 May). He will reside at Mater Amabilis.
Fr John Walsh (Parish Priest, St Margaret Mary Parish, Carlisle): to be Parish Priest, St Patrick & Holy Family Parish, Morecambe (4 May)
Mgr Canon Patrick Mulvany VG (Parish Priest, St Patrick, Morecambe and Priest in Charge, Holy Family, Morecambe): to be Parish Priest, Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Michael Parish, Workington (4 May)
Mgr Canon Gregory Turner (Parish Priest, Our Lady & St Joseph, Carlisle): to be Parish Priest, Warwick Bridge & Brampton (4 May)
Fr Michael Murphy (Parish Priest, St Augustine, Preston): to be Parish Priest, Our Lady & St Joseph Parish, Carlisle (4 May)
Fr Anthony Walsh (Parish Priest, St Joseph, Preston and Priest in Charge, St Teresa Parish, Preston): to be Parish Priest, St Joseph and Teresa Parish, Preston and also Priest in Charge, St Augustine Parish, Preston (4 May). He resides at St Joseph’s.
Fr Aleksander Macharski, (Presently Administrator St Pius X Parish Barrow) to be Priest in Charge, Our Lady of Appleby (4 May)
Fr Kevan Dorgan (Assistant Priest, St John Vianney, Blackpool), to be Administrator, St Pius X, Barrow (4 May) and Chaplain, Furness General Hospital (4 May).
Fr Michael Docherty (Assistant Priest, Our Lady Star of the Sea, St Annes on Sea): to be Assistant Priest, Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Michael, Workington (4 May)
Fr Mathew Jacob Choorapoikayil (on loan from the Eparchy of Thamarassery, India): to be Assistant Priest, St Joseph & St Teresa Parish, Preston and St Augustine, Preston with special responsibility for St Augustine Parish (4 May) and the pastoral care of the Syro -Malabar Faithful in the Lancaster Diocese.
Fr Thomas Kuruvila Kalapurackal (on loan from the Eparchy of Thamarassery, India): to be Assistant Priest, Our Lady Star of the Sea, St Annes on Sea (4 May) and the pastoral care of the Syro-Malabar Faithful in the Lancaster Diocese.

Retirement:
Fr Peter Chappell (4 May)
We wish to thank Fr Peter for all his years of ministry for the Diocese and pray he will have a very happy and peaceful retirement.

(from the Diocesan website)