The Very Rev David Delargy, PP, formerly
administrator of the Church of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, in the
parish of Whitehouse, has been appointed
Parish Priest of Hannaghstown
Parish. Fr Delargy will replace Fr Dermot
McCaughan who has been appointed Parish
Priest of Lisburn in
succession to Fr Hugh Kennedy. Fr Kennedy, who
has been Parish Priest of Lisburn for just 12 months, has been
appointed Administrator of St. Peter�s Cathedral in Belfast�s
Albert Street.
The two churches in Fr Delargy�s
Hannaghstown Parish are St
Joseph�s, Hannaghstown and St. Peter�s Church
(The Rock) at Stoneyford. He will be assisted at St. Peter�s -
Stoneyford, by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor John Murphy, who following
his retirement in July 2004, was appointed Priest in Residence
in August 2004.
Originally from Ballymena, Fr Delargy was
educated at St MacNissi�s College, Garron Tower, near Carnlough.
From 1981-1985 he attended Queen�s University, Belfast, followed
by four years at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
(1985-1989). He was Ordained in his home church of All Saints
Church, Ballymena, in July 1989. After obtaining a PGCE at St
Mary�s Training College, Belfast (1989-1990), he spent seven
years as a teacher at Our Lady and St Patrick�s College, Knock,
Belfast (1990-1997). From 1997-2002 he was Curate in the Parish
of Glenavy and Killead, assisting Fr John O�Sullivan and the
present Parish Priest, Fr Luke McWilliams. In 2002 he was
appointed Administrator at the Church of St. Mary, Star of the
Sea, in the parish of Whitehouse, Newtownabbey, where his duties
also included Chaplain to the University of Ulster at
Jordanstown and Chaplain to Whiteabbey Hospital.
