Séamus Hegarty

Séamus Hegarty (born January 26, 1940 in Kilcar , County Donegal , † September 20, 2019 in Letterkenny , Co Donegal) was an Irish clergyman and from 1994 to 2011 Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry in Ireland .

Life

Séamus Hegarty attended the National School in Kilcar and then St. Eunan's College in Letterkenny. He studied philosophy and theology at St. Patrick's College in Maynooth from 1959 to 1966 . He also graduated in Celtology and was fluent in Irish, English and German. Hegarty received on 19 June 1966 by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid , the ordination . He taught at the Colaiste na Croise Naofa in Falcarragh , where he was president from 1971 to 1981.

On February 12, 1982, Hegarty was appointed Bishop of Raphoe by Pope John Paul II . He was ordained episcopal on March 28 of the same year by the Archbishop of Armagh , Cardinal Tomás Séamus Ó Fiaich . Co- consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, Gaetano Alibrandi , and the Bishop of Derry , Edward Kevin Daly .

On October 1, 1994, Hegarty was named Bishop of Derry. On November 23, 2011, Séamus Hegarty resigned as Bishop of Derry due to illness. Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation . on.

Web links

Entry on Séamus Hegarty on catholic-hierarchy.org
Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Bishop of Raphoe: 1982-1994. Diocese of Raphoe(English).; accessed on September 21, 2019
Statement from Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Bishop of Derry, on the retirement of Bishop Francis Lagan as Auxiliary Bishop of Derry. Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference, May 6, 2010(English).; accessed on September 21, 2019
Statement of Archbishop Eamon Martin on the death of Bishop Séamus Hegarty RIP. Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference, September 21, 2019.; accessed on September 21, 2019

Individual evidence

^ Former Bishop of Derry Seamus Hegarty dies at 79. In: bbc.com . September 20, 2019, accessed on September 20, 2019 .
↑ Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Bishop of Raphoe: 1982-1994. Raphoe Diocese, accessed September 21, 2019 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Anthony McFeely	Bishop of Raphoe 1982-1994	Philip Boyce
Edward Kevin Daly	Bishop of Derry 1994–2011	Donal McKeown

personal data
SURNAME	Hegarty, Séamus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish Roman Catholic Bishop
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kilcar , County Donegal
DATE OF DEATH	20th September 2019
Place of death	Letterkenny , County Donegal

[1] Former Bishop of Derry Seamus Hegarty dies at 79. In: bbc.com . September 20, 2019, accessed on September 20, 2019 .

[2] Bishop Séamus Hegarty, Bishop of Raphoe: 1982-1994. Raphoe Diocese, accessed September 21, 2019 .