NEW parish priests are to be appointed in churches across Fermanagh and Tyrone as part of the annual clerical changes.
Bishop of Clogher Liam MacDaid has released details of numerous appointments that will take effect from the first weekend in September.
Trillick, Eskra and Rosela are among the northern parishes in the diocese who will have new parish priests.
Fr John Chester, who is a curate in Monaghan, is to become the new parish priest in Roslea.
Carrickmacross curate Fr Pádraig McKenna will become the new parish priest in Trillick. Incumbent Canon John McKenna will remain in the parish, but his role is changing to pastor emeritus (PE).
Elsewhere, the parish priest of Clogher, Fr Noel McGahan, will now also cover Eskra. Fr Terence Connolly will stay in the parish as PE.
The Clogher clerical appointments in full are:
Canon John McKenna, PP Trillick, to be PE Trillick
Fr Rev Sean Nolan, PP Errigal Truagh, to be PE Donaghmoyne
Fr Terence Connolly, PP Eskra, to be PE Eskra
Fr Noel McGahan, PP Clogher, to also be PP Eskra
Fr Michael Jordan, CC Donaghmoyne, to be CC Carrickmacross
Fr Pádraig McKenna, CC Carrickmacross, to be PP Trillick
Fr John Chester, CC Monaghan, to be PP Roslea
Fr John Flanagan, CC Roslea, to be PP Errigal Truagh
Fr Stephen Joyce, CC Monaghan, to be CC Tydavnet, and also Chaplain to Saint Macartan’s College, Beech Hill College and St Louis Secondary School Monaghan
Fr Ian Fee, CC Enniskillen, to be CC Magh Ene (the Rock) combined with responsibility for One Day Retreats on Lough Derg
Fr Martin O'Reilly, Eskra, released to work in the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Fr Martin Donnelly, CC Magh Ene, to return to the Archdiocese of Cardiff, Wales
Fr Stephen Duffy newly ordained to be CC Monaghan
Fr Kevin Malcolmson newly ordained to be CC Monaghan
