'I know that we as Church have to listen more. To find the right way of doing this is the issue'

The Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton was the longest serving bishop in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross since William Lyons' death in 1617.

Pope Leo XIV previously visited Waterford while Prior General of The Order of the Augustinians

Bishop Paul Tighe also said there is ‘a little bit of national pride’ that an Irish-born man is the chief organiser while the post is vacant.