Archbishop Cushley has welcomed the international clergy who are serving in the Archdiocese.
We hosted an induction day on Thursday, offering the men a chance to socialise, meet the Archbishop and Vicars General (Mgr Allan Chambers and Mgr Jeremy Milne) and find out more about life in Scotland. Please keep them in your prayers.
Pictured from left:
- Fr Chris Selvaraj, CPPS*, from India, at St James' Parish, St Andrews
- Fr Cletus Ikpa, from Bauchi Diocese, Nigeria, at St John the Baptist, Fauldhouse
- Fr Malachy Okonkwo, SMMM, from Nigeria, at St Cuthbert's, Slateford Road
- Fr Philip Uguru, here on a Student visa, living at St Mary's Stirling.
- Fr Federico Dundas, SJS, from Argentina, at Stirling University Chaplaincy and St Margaret of Scotland, Raploch
- Fr Emmanuel Nlebedum, SMMM, from Nigeria, at St Teresa of Lisieux, Craigmillar
- Fr Daniel Magaji, from Bauchi Diocese, Nigeria, at St Peter's, Morningside and St Columba's
- Fr Shaiju Joseph, SSP, from India, at St John the Evangelist and St Mary Magdalene's, Edinburgh
Archbishop Cushley also gave a warm welcome to Fr Taras Boichuk on Tuesday (above). He is the new priest at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Pochayiv & St Andrew, based in Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh.
* An acronym after a priest's title in the above list denotes the Religious Order to which they belong: CPPS = Missionaries of the Precious Blood; SMMM = Sons of Mary, Mother of Mercy; SJS = Society of Saint John; SSP = Society of St. Paul (known as the The Pauline Fathers).