18 mai 2010
Le Pape Benoît XVI a nommé, ce mardi 18 mai 2010, le P. Kieran O'Reilly, Supérieur Général de la Société des Missions Africaines (SMA), Évêque de Killaloe en Irlande.
P. Kieran O'Reilly, nouvel Evêque de Killaloe, Irlande
Le pape Benoît XVI a nommé, ce 18 mai, le Père Kieran O'Reilly, S.M.A., nouvel évêque de Killaloe, en Irlande. Il était jusqu'ici supérieur général de la Société des Missions africaines. C'est donc un missionnaire mais aussi un bibliste qui a participé au synode sur la Parole de Dieu.
Le pape a accepté la renonciation à la charge pastorale de ce diocèse que lui a présentée Mgr William Walsh pour limite d'âge.
Mgr Kieran O'Reilly est né en 1952. En 1970, il est entré au noviciat de la Société des Missions africaines, à Cork, et il a fait ses études de philosophie et de théologie au St. Patrick's College de Maynooth.
Il a obtenu une licence de Lettres puis une licence en théologie, et un diplôme d'Etudes missionnaires. Il est membre perpétuel de la Société des Missions africaines depuis 1977 et prêtre depuis 1978.
Il a ensuite exercé son ministère au Liberia, à Monrovia, et en 1980, il est parti poursuivre ses études à Rome où il a obtenu la licence en Ecriture Sainte à l'Institut biblique pontifical, en 1984.
Il a ensuite enseigné l'Ecriture Sainte au séminaire d'Ibadan, au Nigeria. Entre 1990 et 1995, il a été membre du conseil provincial de la province irlandaise de son institut, et il a été élu vicaire général en 1995, et supérieur général en 2001, avec un second mandat en 2007.
A la nouvelle de la démission de Mgr Walsh, le président de la conférence des évêques irlandais, le cardinal Seán Brady l'a remercié de ses 16 ans de service à la conférence et ses 51 ans de service dans son diocèse en tant que prêtre puis évêque. Il salue un ministère pendant lequel l'évêque a « défendu les pauvres et les marginaux », dénonçant les injustices.
Il a félicité le nouvel évêque avec lequel il a spécialement travaillé lors du synode de 2008 à Rome sur la parole de Dieu.
Mgr Kieran O'Reilly devient le premier Supérieur Général SMA en fonction à accéder à l'épiscopat, et le 2e SMA à être devenu Evêque dans son pays d'origine et en dehors de l'Afrique, après la nomination de Mgr Jean Bonfils le 28 novembre 1992 comme Evêque de Viviers (France).
18 may 2010
The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Fr Kieran O’Reilly, Superior General of the Society of African Missions (SMA) as Bishop of Killaloe. Fr O’Reilly succeeds Bishop Willie Walsh whose resignation was accepted on his reaching the age limit as stipulated by Canon Law.
Fr Kieran O'Reilly, sma, New Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland
Kieran O’Reilly was born in Cork City on 8 August 1952, the first of five children born to Sean and Teresa O’Reilly. He attended the Presentation Brothers at Scoil and Coláiste Chríost Rí for his primary and secondary education. In 1970 he began his studies for the priesthood with the Cork-based missionary group, the Society of African Missions. After completing University studies in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth he was ordained to the priesthood on 17 June 1978 in the African Missions Church, Wilton, Cork.
Fr O’Reilly was appointed to pastoral work in Liberia, Archdiocese of Monrovia, but was recalled, in 1980, to undertake studies in Sacred Scripture at the Biblicum Institute in Rome from where he qualified in 1984 with an LSS degree. He was then appointed to the Major Seminary of SS Peter and Paul, Ibadan, Nigeria where he lectured for five years. In 1989, the members of the SMA Irish Province elected him to the Provincial Council, the body which oversees the administration of the Society in Ireland.
Six years later, at the 1995 SMA General Assembly in Rome, Fr O’Reilly was elected as the SMA Vicar General, part of a team that would lead the Society throughout the world. As a member of the General Council he was responsible for several matters: Formation of seminarians and priests; Justice & Peace issues; the development of the African branch of the SMA.
From 1989 till now, Fr O’Reilly has been noted for his administrative and leadership skills. At an international level he has drawn attention to the needs of the poor and marginalised. In particular he has been involved in the work of the Africa Europe Faith & Justice Network, which lobbies for the rights of Africans, both in Africa itself and those who live in other parts of the world. He has attended two Synods of Bishops – on the Word of God (in 2008) and the Second Special Synod for Africa (2009), as a member representing the Union of Superiors General, in Rome.
The early SMA missionaries came from Europe and North America. Since 1989 the SMA has welcomed members from other parts of the world: from Africa, Argentina, India, Philippines and Poland. As Superior General, Fr O’Reilly has travelled extensively in Africa, from Egypt to South Africa; Liberia to Kenya. He has also visited the SMA personnel in other parts of the world. The purpose of such visits is to meet with SMA priests and brothers, to encourage them in their work, to help them evaluate what they are doing and to plan for the future. He has just returned from a pastoral visit to Nigeria. During that visit he spent some time in the SMA Seminary at Ibadan, meeting the 43 seminarians who are studying there, preparing to continue the work of spreading the Gospel ‘to the ends of the earth’. This year the Society will ordain 19 priests: 16 Africans and 3 Indians.
With his academic and administrative experience Fr O’Reilly was elected as the 11th SMA Superior General, on 5 May 2001, the fourth Irishman to serve in this post. He was re-elected in 2007. As Superior General he leads the Society’s 1000 priests, brothers and seminarians in their service of the peoples of Africa. In recent years this has meant a development of outreach programmes to Africans who have left their countries seeking a new life in other parts of the world. In Ireland, Italy, France, Holland and the USA, SMA priests are assisting our African sisters and brothers with the challenges they face in these countries.
With three years remaining of his term of office, Fr O’Reilly has now been called to a different ministry of service in the Church, as bishop of Killaloe.
Le Pape Benoît XVI a nommé, ce mardi 18 mai 2010, le P. Kieran O'Reilly, Supérieur Général de la Société des Missions Africaines (SMA), Évêque de Killaloe en Irlande.
Le pape Benoît XVI a nommé, ce 18 mai, le Père Kieran O'Reilly, S.M.A., nouvel évêque de Killaloe, en Irlande. Il était jusqu'ici supérieur général de la Société des Missions africaines. C'est donc un missionnaire mais aussi un bibliste qui a participé au synode sur la Parole de Dieu.
Le pape a accepté la renonciation à la charge pastorale de ce diocèse que lui a présentée Mgr William Walsh pour limite d'âge.
Mgr Kieran O'Reilly est né en 1952. En 1970, il est entré au noviciat de la Société des Missions africaines, à Cork, et il a fait ses études de philosophie et de théologie au St. Patrick's College de Maynooth.
Il a obtenu une licence de Lettres puis une licence en théologie, et un diplôme d'Etudes missionnaires. Il est membre perpétuel de la Société des Missions africaines depuis 1977 et prêtre depuis 1978.
Il a ensuite exercé son ministère au Liberia, à Monrovia, et en 1980, il est parti poursuivre ses études à Rome où il a obtenu la licence en Ecriture Sainte à l'Institut biblique pontifical, en 1984.
Il a ensuite enseigné l'Ecriture Sainte au séminaire d'Ibadan, au Nigeria. Entre 1990 et 1995, il a été membre du conseil provincial de la province irlandaise de son institut, et il a été élu vicaire général en 1995, et supérieur général en 2001, avec un second mandat en 2007.
A la nouvelle de la démission de Mgr Walsh, le président de la conférence des évêques irlandais, le cardinal Seán Brady l'a remercié de ses 16 ans de service à la conférence et ses 51 ans de service dans son diocèse en tant que prêtre puis évêque. Il salue un ministère pendant lequel l'évêque a « défendu les pauvres et les marginaux », dénonçant les injustices.
Il a félicité le nouvel évêque avec lequel il a spécialement travaillé lors du synode de 2008 à Rome sur la parole de Dieu.
Mgr Kieran O'Reilly devient le premier Supérieur Général SMA en fonction à accéder à l'épiscopat, et le 2e SMA à être devenu Evêque dans son pays d'origine et en dehors de l'Afrique, après la nomination de Mgr Jean Bonfils le 28 novembre 1992 comme Evêque de Viviers (France).
18 may 2010
The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Fr Kieran O’Reilly, Superior General of the Society of African Missions (SMA) as Bishop of Killaloe. Fr O’Reilly succeeds Bishop Willie Walsh whose resignation was accepted on his reaching the age limit as stipulated by Canon Law.
Kieran O’Reilly was born in Cork City on 8 August 1952, the first of five children born to Sean and Teresa O’Reilly. He attended the Presentation Brothers at Scoil and Coláiste Chríost Rí for his primary and secondary education. In 1970 he began his studies for the priesthood with the Cork-based missionary group, the Society of African Missions. After completing University studies in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth he was ordained to the priesthood on 17 June 1978 in the African Missions Church, Wilton, Cork.
Fr O’Reilly was appointed to pastoral work in Liberia, Archdiocese of Monrovia, but was recalled, in 1980, to undertake studies in Sacred Scripture at the Biblicum Institute in Rome from where he qualified in 1984 with an LSS degree. He was then appointed to the Major Seminary of SS Peter and Paul, Ibadan, Nigeria where he lectured for five years. In 1989, the members of the SMA Irish Province elected him to the Provincial Council, the body which oversees the administration of the Society in Ireland.
Six years later, at the 1995 SMA General Assembly in Rome, Fr O’Reilly was elected as the SMA Vicar General, part of a team that would lead the Society throughout the world. As a member of the General Council he was responsible for several matters: Formation of seminarians and priests; Justice & Peace issues; the development of the African branch of the SMA.
From 1989 till now, Fr O’Reilly has been noted for his administrative and leadership skills. At an international level he has drawn attention to the needs of the poor and marginalised. In particular he has been involved in the work of the Africa Europe Faith & Justice Network, which lobbies for the rights of Africans, both in Africa itself and those who live in other parts of the world. He has attended two Synods of Bishops – on the Word of God (in 2008) and the Second Special Synod for Africa (2009), as a member representing the Union of Superiors General, in Rome.
The early SMA missionaries came from Europe and North America. Since 1989 the SMA has welcomed members from other parts of the world: from Africa, Argentina, India, Philippines and Poland. As Superior General, Fr O’Reilly has travelled extensively in Africa, from Egypt to South Africa; Liberia to Kenya. He has also visited the SMA personnel in other parts of the world. The purpose of such visits is to meet with SMA priests and brothers, to encourage them in their work, to help them evaluate what they are doing and to plan for the future. He has just returned from a pastoral visit to Nigeria. During that visit he spent some time in the SMA Seminary at Ibadan, meeting the 43 seminarians who are studying there, preparing to continue the work of spreading the Gospel ‘to the ends of the earth’. This year the Society will ordain 19 priests: 16 Africans and 3 Indians.
With his academic and administrative experience Fr O’Reilly was elected as the 11th SMA Superior General, on 5 May 2001, the fourth Irishman to serve in this post. He was re-elected in 2007. As Superior General he leads the Society’s 1000 priests, brothers and seminarians in their service of the peoples of Africa. In recent years this has meant a development of outreach programmes to Africans who have left their countries seeking a new life in other parts of the world. In Ireland, Italy, France, Holland and the USA, SMA priests are assisting our African sisters and brothers with the challenges they face in these countries.
With three years remaining of his term of office, Fr O’Reilly has now been called to a different ministry of service in the Church, as bishop of Killaloe.
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