Rome, Italy, Oct 7, 2010 / 03:35 am
The four metropolitan archbishops of Ireland met this week with the apostolic visitors chosen by the Holy Father to carry out visitations in their archdioceses. After two days of meetings, the participants are "hopeful" that their work will be a means to purify and heal the Catholic Church of Ireland and "help to restore the trust and hope of the faithful there."
According to a statement from the Holy See's Press Office, the meetings took place Oct. 5-6.
The visitors and the respective archdioceses subject to visitation are Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor to Armagh; Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley, OFM., to Dublin; Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins to Cashel and Emly; and Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J., to Tuam.
The archbishops of these four jurisdictions are Cardinal Sean B. Brady for Armagh; Diarmuid Martin for Dublin; Dermot Clifford for Cashel and Emly; and Michael Neary for Tuam.