Alexander Aloysius McGuckian
Alexander Aloysius McGuckian SJ (born February 26, 1953 in Ballymena , County Antrim , Ireland ) is an Irish religious and Roman Catholic Bishop of Raphoe .
Life
Alexander Aloysius McGuckian occurred on 21 October 1972, the religious order of the Jesuits in. He studied Spanish and Latin at University College Dublin and Philosophy at the Jesuit Study Center in Milltown Park and Catholic Theology at Regis College, University of Toronto . McGuckian received on 22 June 1984, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
From 1988 to 1989 McGuckian was as a teacher at Clongowes Wood College operates and from 1990 to 1991, he completed his Tertiate in Tamil Nadu . He was then director of the Jesuit Communications Center in Dublin . Alexander Aloysius McGuckian made perpetual profession on February 15, 1997 . In 1999 he became editor of An Timire newspaper and in 2009 superior of the Jesuit branch in Belfast . Since 2012 McGuckian has been head of the Living Church Office of the Diocese of Down and Connor and since 2015 also consultor of the Irish Province of the Jesuits.
On June 9, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Raphoe. He was ordained episcopal on August 6th of that year by the Archbishop of Armagh , Eamon Martin . Co- consecrators were his predecessor Philip Boyce OCD and the Bishop of Down and Connor , Noël Treanor .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Raphoe (Irlanda) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 9, 2017, accessed June 9, 2017 (Italian).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Boyce OCD |
Bishop of Raphoe since 2017 |
... |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McGuckian, Alexander Aloysius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish religious, Roman Catholic Bishop of Raphoe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballymena , County Antrim , Ireland |