NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
A 43-year-old priest has been appointed as the new temporary leader of the Catholic Church in Derry.
Fr Francis Bradley will run the Derry Diocese until a new bishop is appointed by Pope Francis.
The diocese has been without a bishop since Dr Séamus Hegarty retired in November 2011 due to ill health.
Fr Bradley takes over from Monsignor Eamon Martin who was ordained coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh on Sunday.
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