Paul Tighe

Paul Tighe 2015

Paul Tighe (born February 12, 1958 in Navan , County Meath , Ireland ) is an Irish clergyman and Curia Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Paul Tighe received the sacrament of ordination for the Archdiocese of Dublin on July 10, 1983 through Auxiliary Bishop Brendan Comiskey SSCC .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications on November 30, 2007 .

On 19 December 2015 it appointed Pope Francis to the titular bishop of Drivastum and ordered him to the Assistant Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture . He was ordained bishop by Cardinal State Secretary Pietro Parolin on February 27 of the following year. Co-consecrators were the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi , and the President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Claudio Maria Celli .

Pope Francis appointed him secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture on October 28, 2017.

Web links

• Entry on Paul Tighe on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on Paul Tighe on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nomina del Segretario e del Segretario aggiunto nel Pontificio Consiglio delle Comunicazioni Sociali. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 30, 2007, accessed November 30, 2007 (Italian). 
2. ↑ nouns del Segretario aggiunto del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 19, 2015, accessed December 19, 2015 (Italian). 
3. ^ Nomina del Segretario del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 28, 2017, accessed October 28, 2017 (Italian).