Paul Horan

Paul Horan OCarm (born October 17, 1962 in Drangan , County Tipperary , Ireland ) is an Irish religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Mutare .

Life

Paul Horan initially worked for the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants of Ireland before joining the Carmelite Order. He studied at Milltown College in Dublin from 1990 to 1995 . He made perpetual profession on October 15, 1995 and was ordained a priest on June 7, 1997 .

After further studies, he obtained a Master of Arts in Spiritual Theology from the Catholic University of America in 2001 . In the same year he went to Zimbabwe as a missionary , where he first completed language courses in Shona and missionary internships. Until 2004 he directed the postulate and then until 2006 the novitiate of the Carmelites in Rusape . After two years in pastoral care, he became director of the Catholic school Kriste Mambo in Rusape in 2008 .

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Mutare on May 28, 2016 . He received his episcopal ordination on August 27 of the same year.

Web links

Entry on Paul Horan on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rinuncia del Vescovo di Mutare (Zimbabwe) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 28, 2016, accessed May 28, 2016 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa	Bishop of Umtali / Mutare since 2016	---

personal data
SURNAME	Horan, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish religious and Roman Catholic Bishop of Mutare
DATE OF BIRTH	17th October 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Drangan , County Tipperary , Ireland

[Bulletin-1] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Mutare (Zimbabwe) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 28, 2016, accessed May 28, 2016 (Italian).