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Bishop of Waterford & Lismore Alphonsus Cullinan with Mark O'Farrell with well wishers outside Waterford Cathedral after Mark's ordination as a deacon in January
A man who grew up in Clonmel will be ordained a priest by Bishop of Waterford & Lismore Alphonsus Cullinan at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Waterford this Sunday (August 20) at 3pm.
The ordination of Mark O'Farrell takes place seven months after he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Cullinan at Waterford Cathedral.
Mark O’Farrell was born in Galway but his family moved to Clonmel when he was four-years-old. He attended primary school in St. Peter and Paul’s NS, Clonmel and received his secondary school education at Rockwell College.
He worked as a pharmacist before studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, St Patrick's College Maynooth, Maynooth, the Irish College in Rome and the Angelicum in Rome.
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