Donegal Nun Appointed by Pope to Senior Role in Vatican
The appointment places a Donegal missionary sister in charge of the Vatican’s global missionary networks and funds, a role she will begin in 2027.
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For the first time a nun will lead the great Vatican network that every year collects and distributes millions of euros to support Catholic missions in the poorest countries of the...
The U.S. pontiff appoints the Irish nun as assistant secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, consolidating the opening of senior positions in the Curia to women. The entry Leo XIV strengthens the female presence in the Vatican with the appointment of Mary Barron #8Oct was first published in El Impulso.
Leon XIV appoints Sister Mary Teresa Barron as Deputy Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, starting January 4, 2027
Leo XIV has appointed Mary Teresa Barron president of the Pontifical Mission Societies and assistant secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for the First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches.This was announced by the Vatican on Thursday, October 8. The also Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles will assume both positions on January 4. Born in the Irish town of Donegal on November 7…
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