All welcome to Mullingar Cathedral on Sunday for the closure of the diocesan inquiry into the cause for the canonisation of Fr Willie Doyle SJ

Bishop Tom Deenihan will preside over the closing session of the diocesan inquiry into the canonization of Father Willie Doyle SJ this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Mullingar. The ceremony follows a celebration of sung Vespers and marks the conclusion of the local investigation into the life of the Jesuit priest.

Father Doyle served as a British army chaplain until his death in 1917. Bishop Deenihan noted that Doyle's ministry to soldiers of various Christian denominations offers a relevant example for modern times. This process, which began in 2022, is the first Irish cause to reach this stage in over forty years, following the cause of Venerable Nano Nagle.

Following the ceremony, the documentation and evidence gathered during the inquiry will be sent to the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints in Rome. Father John Hogan, the postulator for the cause, accompanied the bishop as he sealed the official records.