Bishop Walsh celebrated his 90th birthday last month
In a statement this morning, the current Bishop of Killaloe, Fintan Monahan said: “There is profound sadness in the diocese of Killaloe with the news of the death of Bishop Emeritus Willie Walsh who passed away late yesterday, February 19th, having celebrated his 90th birthday in recent weeks."
Bishop Monahan said that a native of Roscrea in Co. Tipperary Bishop Walsh “spent his entire priesthood ministering in Ennis, Co Clare, in St Flannan’s College, in the Cathedral Parish, as Bishop of the Diocese of Killaloe and in retirement in recent years”. Bishop Walsh was widely seen as a liberal and humane voice amongst the hierarchy in the church here. In a newspaper interview in 2005, Bishop Walsh said priests should be allowed to get married if they wish and that it may happen in the future.
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