- Willie Walsh (bishop)
infobox bishopstyles
name=Willie Walsh
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Grace
relstyle=Bishop
deathstyle=none |Willie Walsh is an Irish prelate. He is the current
Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe .Career
He is a native of Roscrea, Co. Tipperary and was born in
1935 . He was educated at Corville National School, Roscrea and St. Flannan's College, Ennis. He studied for the priesthood atSt. Patrick's College, Maynooth and thePontifical Irish College ,Rome .He was ordained priest in Rome in 1959, earning him a
JCD . After ordination he completed his studies inCanon Law at thePontifical Lateran University inRome . On his return to Ireland he taught for a year at Coláiste Einde, Galway and joined the staff of St. Flannan's College, Ennis in 1963.In 1988 he was appointed curate at Ennis Cathedral and became administrator there in 1990. He has been pastorally involved with ACCORD (formerly the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council) since its foundation in the Killaloe diocese. He has worked with Marriage Tribunals at diocesan, regional and national levels. He has pursued a life-long interest in sport and has been involved in coaching hurling teams at colleges, club and county grades.
He was ordained Bishop of Killaloe on 2 October 1994.
External links
* [http://www.killaloediocese.ie/ Official website for Killaloe Catholic Diocese]
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