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Breaking: First woman Canon appointed to St Eunan’s COI Cathedral Raphoe

written by Cronan Scanlon May 23, 2021
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Reverend Judi McGaffin has made history after being appointed the first female canon in the centuries-old history of St Eunan’s Cathedral, in Raphoe.

Rev Canon McGaffin said she was ‘dumbstruck’ when she learned that she had been chosen to succeed Rev Canon Dr Bill Long who retired in March. 

 Canon McGaffin is the second woman appointed as a canon by the Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, Rt Rev Andrew Forster. Last June, in Derry, Rev Canon Katie McAteer became the first female canon in St Columb’s Cathedral’s 400-year history.

“I feel honoured and humbled,” Canon McGaffin said, “to have been appointed to the Cathedral Chapter of St Eunan and, in truth, it’s taking some getting used to. When Bishop Andrew first told me on the telephone, that he was appointing me Canon, I think he thought something had happened to me: I was dumbstruck, literally – I couldn’t speak.”

 Now that the news is sinking in, Canon McGaffin said can see the significance of it all from an historical point of view. 

“It is rather awesome to have become the first female Canon in the long and illustrious history of St Eunan’s Cathedral. I appreciate what an honour that is for me, personally. Most importantly of all, though, I accept that this is part of God’s plan for my ministry and for the Chapter, and that realisation is both exciting and daunting.”

St Eunan’s Cathedral Raphoe

“Whatever I do in ministry, though, it’s in God’s strength and to His glory. In every phase of my ministry – first in Dunfanaghy, then in Donemana, and now in Fahan and Buncrana – I have been challenged and fulfilled. I hope that will continue to be the case. I pray that in this next phase I will justify Bishop Andrew’s confidence in me and, most importantly, serve in a manner which helps build God’s kingdom in the Diocese of Raphoe and beyond.”

She concluded that she hopes her wonderful parishioners in Fahan and Buncrana aren’t too disappointed when they learn that this new appointment does not require relocation to Raphoe. 

“They’re stuck with me ‘for the foreseeable’, and that suits me splendidly.”

 A date has yet to be fixed for Canon McGaffin’s Service of Installation.

Breaking: First woman Canon appointed to St Eunan’s COI Cathedral Raphoe was last modified: May 24th, 2021 by Cronan Scanlon
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