Diocesan Committees
Diocesan Director of Child Safeguarding
Ms. Aileen Cawley
Diocesan Liaison Person
Mr. John Cummins
Diocesan Child Safeguarding Committee
Chairperson: Dr. Mairín Glenn
Diocesan Communications Director
Fr. Gerard O’Hora, P.P.,
Cathedral Presbytery, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 71365
Email: gohora@killaladiocese.org
Diocesan Historian
Fr. Brendan Hoban P.P.,
Moygownagh, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Vineyard Diocesan Publication
Editor: Fr. Brendan Hoban P.P., Moygownagh, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Editorial Board: Mr. Seán Allen, Sr. Attracta Tighe, Fr. Tom Doherty, Mr. Ciaran Sherry
Email: vineyard@eircom.net
Diocesan Committee for Ecumenism
Director: Fr. Anthony Gillespie, P.P., Dromore West, Co. Sligo
Tel: 096 47012
Diocesan Education Council
Chairperson: Mr. John Cummins; Secretary, Brother Sebastian Davis,
The Newman Institute, Ballina, Co. Mayo Tel: 096 72066 Fax: 096 73448
Diocesan Advisor to Primary Schools
Sr. Patricia Lynott RJM
The Newman Institute, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 72066
Catholic Primary School Management Association
Mr. John Cummins
The Newman Institute, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 72066
Diocesan Liturgy and Music Commission
Fr. Michael Flynn, P.P., Knockmore, Ballina, Co. Mayo Tel: 094 9258108
Diocesan Director of Sacred Music
Ms. Regina Deacy, c/o The Pastoral Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo Tel: 096 70555
Diocesan Mission Committee
Chairperson: Fr. Edward Rogan
Fr. Michael Cawley, Fr. Martin Keveny, Fr. Liam Reilly
Pioneer Total Abstinence Association
Chaplain: Fr. Patrick Munnelly, PP., Ardagh, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 31144
Pontifical Mission Society
Director: Fr. Edward Rogan C.C., Enniscrone, Co. Sligo
Tel No: 096 36164
Diocesan Director of Trócaire
Fr. Michael Nallen P.P., Aughoose, Pullathomas, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 097 87990
Diocesan Pilgrimage Committee
Director: Fr. Tom Doherty C.C., Cathedral Presbytery, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 71365
St. Joseph’s Young Priests Society
President: Mrs. Julia Rowland
Chaplain: Fr. Joseph Hogan C.C., Cornboy, Rossport, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Legion of Mary
Chaplain: Fr. John Loftus, Binghamstown, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 097 82350
Diocesan Vocations Committee
Director: Fr. Tom Doherty C.C.,
Cathedral Presbytery, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 71365
Youth Ministry
Co-Ordinator
Fr. Francis Judge, P.P., Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 31677
Fr. Tom Doherty, C.C., Cathedral Presbytery, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Tel: 096 71365
Diocesan Buildings Commission
Chairman: Monsignor Seán Killeen
Members: Bishop John Fleming, Fr. Kevin Hegarty, Mr. Michael Horan, Fr. Michael Gilroy.
Tel: 096 21518 (Diocesan Office)
Historic Churches Advisory Committee
Chairperson: Fr. Michael Gilroy, P.P., Templeboy, Co. Sligo
Diocesan Finance Committee
Bishop John Fleming, Monsignor Kevin Loftus, Ms. Anne Forbes, Ms. Catherine Hannon, Fr. Michael Flynn, Ms. Mona Curry, Ms. Rosemarie Loftus, Mr. Martin Crowe, Mr. Barry McLoughlin, Fr. Michael Gilroy.