New Apostolic Administrator for the Catholic Community
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Friar Hugh Allan, Prior of Norbertine Community of St Philip's Priory, Chelmsford, has been appointed as the new Apostolic Administrator of the Prefecture of the Falkland Islands and Ecclesiastical Superior of the Missions of the islands of Ascension, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha, for a period of five years. Friar Allan succeeds Monsignor Michael McPartland who has been incumbent of this post since August 2002 and who has made regular visits to support the Catholic community based at St Joseph's Church, Tristan da Cunha. Friar Allan said, upon hearing of his appointment: "I am delighted to receive my appointment as Apostolic Administrator. The day after I received the letter from the Nuncio I visited Monsignor McPartland and received his blessing to begin this new mission for the people of the South Atlantic. I hope and pray that we will be able to build on the excellent gift of service he has given so generously to the Church. Pope Francis has asked us to take mercy to the ends of the earth. I hope and pray that the gift of mercy will be at the heart of this new moment in the life of the family of God in the South Atlantic." We look forward to reporting on Friar Allan's visits to Tristan da Cunha. |