FREEMAN, Séamus

FREEMAN - Most Rev. Séamus SAC. Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ossory. Formerly of Coolaghmore, Callan, Co. Kilkenny.

Former Rector General of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, Pallottine Fathers and Brothers, and former President of the Union of Catholic Apostolate, UAC. Peacefully, in the devoted and loving care of the wonderful people in Highfield Healthcare,

Dublin, on Saturday, August 20, 2022, accompanied by his family and close friends. Predeceased by his parents Bridget and James, his sister Maureen and brother Martin.

Dearly loved and sadly missed by his sisters Esther and Mary, RSM, his brothers Tommy, John and Pat, sisters-in- law Bernie, Catherine and Michelle, his nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, his close friends Frances, Raymond, and his extended family and friends, Most Rev. Denis Nulty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Ossory, Priests, Religious and the Lay Faithful of the Diocese of Ossory, Rev. Father Jacob Nampudakam, SAC, Rector General, and his entire Pallottine Family throughout the world. Reposing in the Pallottine College, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, (Eircode E41 A271), from 4.30pm today (Wednesday). Prayers at 6.00pm followed by removal to St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny, (Eircode R95 CP46), the Mother Church of the Diocese of Ossory, to arrive at 7.30pm approximately. Reposing from 10.00am in

the Cathedral tomorrow (Thursday), concluding with Night Prayer at 9.00pm. Bishop Séamus's Funeral Mass will be concelebrated on Friday, (August 26) at 12.00 noon, followed by burial in the grounds of St. Mary's Cathedral, which will be live streamed at www.stmaryscathedral.ie/webcam/

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