ORDINATION TO THE EPISCOPATE OF Very Rev. Martin Hayes as Bishop of Kilmore Fourteenth-century seal of the clergy of Kilmore (Courtesy of the British Museum) Cathedral of St Patrick & St Felim, Cavan SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Abbeyset Print + Design 049 433 1932 Cathedral of St Patrick & St Felim Cavan You are very welcome to the cathedral of SS Patrick and Felim here in Cavan town. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Kilmore. The medieval cathedral of Kilmore was established in 1455 by Bishop Andrew MacBradaigh when he nominated the church of St Feidhlimidh in the parish of Kilmore as his diocesan cathedral. This continued to be the Catholic cathedral of the diocese until after the Reformation when it became the Church of Ireland cathedral of Kilmore. Then for a period of approximately 300 years there was no Catholic cathedral in the diocese until 1862 when Bishop James Browne nominated the parish church of Cavan town, which was dedicated to St Patrick, as his cathedral. The present cathedral of St Patrick and St Felim was built, at a cost of £209,000, between the years 1938 and 1942 during the episcopacy of Bishop Patrick Lyons. The architect was W. H. Byrne & Son and the contractor was John Sisk & Son. The cathedral was dedicated on 27 September 1942. The cathedral is neo-classical in style with a single spire rising to 230 feet. The portico consists of a tympanum supported by four great columns of Portland stone with Corinthian caps. The tympanum figures of Christ, St Patrick and St Felim were created by the Dublin sculptor Edward Smith. The twenty-eight columns in the cathedral, the pulpit and all the statues are of Pavinazetto marble and came from the firm of Dinelli Figli of Pietrasanta in Italy. Detail from the Breac Maodhóg reliquary which was created c.1100 The fine work of George Collie can be seen in the stations of the cross and in and held at Drumlane the mural of the risen Christ on the apse wall behind the main altar. Directly (Courtesy of National Museum of Ireland) above this mural are twelve small, stained glass windows from the Earley studios which depict the twelve apostles. The high altar is of green Connemara marble and pink Middleton marble, while the altar rails are of white Carrara marble. The apse has two side chapels on the north and two on the south. The six splendid, stained glass windows in the nave and one in the south transept come from the Harry Clarke studios. They were added in 1994. Ordination to the Episcopate of Very Reverend Martin Hayes as Bishop of Kilmore Principal Consecrator Most Rev. Eamon Martin Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Co-Consecrators Most Rev. Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. Archbishop of Cashel & Emly His Excellency, Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland 1 Bishop-elect Very Rev. Martin Hayes 2 Bishop Elect Very Rev. Martin Hayes Fr Martin Hayes was born in 1959 into a farming family in Borris (Newhill), Two-Mile-Borris, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. He is the eldest of a family of three girls and five boys born to the late Daniel and Mary Agnes Hayes. He grew up in Tipperary attending St Kevin’s National School in Littleton and later the C.B.S. secondary school in Thurles. His teenage years were active ones, with study, hard work on the farm and much involvement in sports - especially hurling, soccer, swimming and handball - filling up his days. In September 1977 he began his studies in Production Engineering at N.I.H.E. (now Limerick University) and he graduated in 1981 with a B.Sc in Manufacturing Technology. He worked for a time with Amdahl Computers in Swords and trained with the parent company in Silicon Valley in California. During his student years in Limerick he joined Muintearas Íosa, a youth faith initiative which is based on the three pillars of Fáilte (Welcome), Foghlaim (Learning) and Guí (prayer). In the early 1980s he organised Muintearas Íosa events in Dublin and in his native archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. In September 1983 he entered St Patrick’s Seminary in Thurles to study for the priesthood for the archdiocese of Cashel and Emly and he was ordained a priest on 10 June 1989. Following his ordination he went to study in the Gregorian College in Rome and completed a Licentiate in Philosophy there in 1991. When he returned to Ireland he was appointed to the staff of St Patrick’s Seminary in Thurles where he taught Philosophy and was Bursar from 1997 to 2001. During that time he worked with ACCORD and in the summer months did parish relief work in Sacramento diocese in California. While on a sabbatical year, which started in August 2001, he studied in the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California and also in a Centre for Ecology and Spirituality in 3 New South Wales in Australia. In September 2002 he was appointed curate in Thurles parish and continued to work with ACCORD at local and national level and to teach Philosophy part time. In 2007 he was appointed Administrator in Thurles parish, a position he held until 2017 when he was appointed the Director of Pastoral Planning and Development in the archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Fr Martin has maintained his interest in all sports, especially Gaelic games and he continues to be a staunch supporter of the Tipperary hurling team. He is a keen golfer and he enjoys hiking. We wish him happiness and every blessing as he takes on this new role in the diocese of Kilmore. 4 EPISCOPAL CREST & MOTTO OF THE NEW BISHOP Following a custom dating from the mid-twelfth century, most bishops adopt a crest or coat-of-arms. The bishop chooses elements that hold personal meaning for him in relation to his ministry, and these are combined in a display on a shield. Heraldic tradition places a stylised hat called a galero above the shield, shown in green, with six tassels on either side, and behind the shield a processional cross. Bishop Martin’s crest has two sections and two background colours. On the left is a representation of the Kilmore crest with Jerusalem Cross, Pastoral Staff and Mitre. On the right is Bishop Martin’s personal expression of how we as a pilgrim people (Camino Shell) are anchored in our faith in being invited to be part of the relationship of the Trinity (Shamrock) through the Eucharist (Grain and the Grapes). 5 As his motto, displayed below the shield, Bishop Martin has chosen ‘Your steadfast love endures’ (Ps 136:6) to indicate that God’s love is paramount. God’s love is evident from the moment of creation, estimated by cosmologists to be some 13.8 billion years ago, leading to the formation of stars, the galaxies, our solar system to include the Earth, the beginning of plant life, animal life and human life. Each one of us is ‘made in the image and likeness of God’ (Genesis 1:27) and each one of us is called to respond to God’s love in our loving of each other and our caring for all of life. The Diocese of Kilmore and Its Episcopal Succession St Felim, the patron saint of the diocese of Kilmore, set up a church in the sixth century at Kilmore, a few miles west of Cavan town. It was not until 1152 that the diocese was formally established at the Synod of Kells. The boundaries of the diocese corresponded to the Breifne Kingdom of Tighearnán Ó Ruairc which at that time stretched from Kells in Meath to Drumcliff in Sligo. Later the diocese contracted to the size that it is today. The diocese was called a variety of different names such as Kells, Tirbrunensis and Breifne before it became known as Kilmore. Bishop Andrew MacBrady, who was bishop of the diocese from 1445 to 1455, rebuilt the ancient church of St Felim and in 1455 Pope Callixtus III gave formal approval to the setting up of a cathedral at Kilmore. The diocese has been called Kilmore ever since. The following is the Episcopal succession for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore Aedh Ua Finn - 1 1 3 6 Muirchertach Ua Mael Mochéirge - 1 1 4 9 Tuathal Ua Connachtaigh - 1 1 7 9 Cistercian - 1 1 8 5 M. Ua Dobhailen 1 2 0 2 - 1 2 1 1 Flann Ua Connachtaigh - 1 2 3 1 6 Congalach MacIdneoil c . 1 2 3 3 - 1 2 5 0 Simon Ó Ruairc 1 2 5 1 - 1 2 8 5 Mauricius 1 2 8 6 - 1 3 0 7 Matha MacDuibhne -1314 Patraic Ó Cridecain -1328 Conchobhar MacConshnamha - 1 3 5 5 Riocard Ó Raghallaigh 1 3 5 6 - 1 3 6 9 Thomas Rushook - 1 3 8 9 Seán Ó Raghallaigh 1389-1393 Nicol MacBradaigh 1 3 9 3 - 1 4 2 1 John Stokes - 1 4 0 7 David Ó Faircheallaigh 1 4 0 8 - Domhnall Ó Gabhann 1 4 2 2 - 1 4 5 5 Aindrias MacBradaigh 1 4 4 5 - 1 4 5 5 Fear Sithe MacDuibhne 1 4 5 5 - 1 4 6 4 Seán Ó Raghallaigh 1 4 6 5 - 1 4 7 6 Cormac MacSamhradháin 1 4 7 6 - 1 5 1 2 Thomas MacBradaigh 1 4 8 0 - 1 5 1 1 Diarmuid Ó Raghallaigh 1 5 1 2 - 1 5 2 9 Edmund Nugent 1 5 3 0 - 1 5 4 0 John MacBrady 1 5 4 0 - 1 5 5 9 Hugh Ó Sheridan 1 5 6 0 - 1 5 7 9 Richard Brady 1580-1607 Hugh Ó Reilly 1625-1628 Eugene MacSweeney 1 6 2 9 - 1 6 6 9 Michael McDonagh 1 7 2 8 - 1 7 4 6 Laurence Richardson 1 7 4 7 - 1 7 5 3 Andrew Campbell 1 7 5 3 - 1 7 6 9 Denis Maguire 1 7 7 0 - 1 7 9 8 Charles O’Reilly 1 7 9 8 - 1 8 0 0 James Dillon 1 8 0 0 - 1 8 0 6 Farrell O’Reilly 1 8 0 7 - 1 8 2 9 James Browne 1 8 2 9 - 1 8 6 5 Nicholas Conaty 1 8 6 5 - 1 8 8 6 Bernard Finegan 1 8 8 6 - 1 8 8 7 Edward McGennis 1 8 8 8 - 1 9 0 6 Andrew Boylan 1 9 0 6 - 1 9 1 0 7 Patrick Finnegan 1 9 1 0 - 1 9 3 7 Patrick Lyons 1937-1949 Austin Quinn 1 9 5 0 - 1 9 7 2 Francis MacKiernan 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 9 8 Leo O’Reilly 1998-2018 Twelfth-century Kilmore Romanesque doorway 8 THE RITE OF ORDINATION – an overview We joyfully assemble for the Episcopal ordination of our new bishop.