The Revd Dr Paul Mooney has been appointed as Dean of Ferns and to the incumbency to the Ferns Union of Parishes.
Dr Paul Mooney is well known in the United Dioceses as he is a former Archdeacon of Ferns and was rector to New Ross and Fethard Union of parishes.
For the past five years he and his family have been living in Korea where he was appointed to the Anglican Church in Korea and ministering to the English-speaking Anglican community attached to the cathedral of Seoul.
Dr Mooney, his wife Soonduk and their children, Rachel and Stephen came to New Ross in April 1998. A date has yet to confirmed for his installation and institution. He succeeds the Very Revd Leslie D. A. Forrest who has retired after 40 years of ordaied ministry, 16 of which were as Dean of Ferns.