| Fr. John was ordained in June 1971
at St. Colman's Cathedral in his home Diocese of Cloyne. He said
his first mass in the parish of Lismire where he had grown up.
Since moving to England, Fr. John has
served in several parishes of the Leeds Diocese: St. Augustine's
in Harehills, Holy Name on Otley Old Road, St. Nicholas' in Gipton, and
St. Malachy's in Halifax. He enjoyed a sabbatical before taking up
his current post as Parish Priest of St. Austin's.
While in the parish Fr. John oversaw
work within the church to provide improved facilites both within the church
and also within the parish rooms, restoring the latter to an admirable
condition and appointing a committee to oversee their management .
Towards the end of 2001, Fr. John oversaw major work to redecorate
the church itself, provide additional heating, and re-arrange the sanctuary.
In June 2001 Fr. John celebrated his
30th Anniversary. The event co-incided with a parish party, a new
event which Fr. Nunan envisaged would help parishioners to celebrate their
achievements and life and worship together. The event was a great
success and provided the opportunity for parishioners to surprise Fr. John
with a presentation in honour of his own thirty years in the priesthood.
He left the parish to take up an appointment
in Wetherby in September 2005
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