Early Life and Priestly Ministry
He was a boarder at St. Columb's College in Derry. He studied for the priesthood in the Irish College in Rome. Before taking on the role of bishop he was a curate in the parish of St Eugene's Cathedral in the Diocese of Derry, which incorporated the Bogside area of Derry City, where he experienced The Troubles in Northern Ireland first hand.
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