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{{Short description|Irish Roman Catholic prelate}}
{{short description|Irish Roman Catholic prelate (1950–2024)}}
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| appointed = 26 November 2022
| appointed = 26 November 2022
| enthroned = 11 August 2024
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| term_end = 11 August 2024
| predecessor = [[Aldo Giordano]]
| predecessor = [[Aldo Giordano]]
| successor = <!-- Orders -->
| successor = ''Vacant''
| ordination = 13 June 1976
| ordination = 13 June 1976
| ordained_by = [[Patrick Mulligan (bishop)|Patrick Mulligan]]
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| consecrated_by = [[Seán Brady (bishop)|Seán Brady]]
| consecrated_by = [[Seán Brady (bishop)|Seán Brady]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|12|25|df=y}}
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| birth_place = Silverstream, [[County Monaghan]], Ireland
| birth_place = [[Tyholland]], Ireland
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|08|11|1950|12|25|df=y}}
| death_place =
| death_place = [[Brussels]], Belgium
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| other_post = [[Archbishop]]-[[Bishop emeritus]] of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor|Down and Connor]]
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| alma_mater = [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]]<br>[[Pontifical Gregorian University]]
| alma_mater = [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]]<br>[[Pontifical Gregorian University]]
| motto = ''{{lang|la|Sicut filii lucis ambulate}}''<br><small>(Walk as children of light)</small>
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'''Noël Treanor''' (25 December 1950 – 11 August 2024<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Conneely |first=Ailbhe |date=2024-08-11 |title=EU Apostolic Nuncio Noël Treanor dies aged 73 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0811/1464493-noel-treanor-eu-apostolic-nuncio/ |language=en}}</ref>) was an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[prelate]] who served as [[Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union|Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union]] with the personal title of [[archbishop]] since 2022 to 2024
'''Noël Treanor''' (25 December 1950 – 11 August 2024) was an Irish [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[prelate]] who served as [[Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union|Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union]] with the personal title of [[archbishop]] from 2022 until his death in 2024. He was Secretary-General of the [[Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union]] (COMECE) from 1993 to 2008 and bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor|Down and Connor]] from 2008 to 2022.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Treanor was born on 25 December 1950 at Silverstream, [[County Monaghan]]. He attended primary school at St Brigid’s National School, Leitrim, and secondary school at St Mary’s CBS, [[Monaghan]], before beginning studies in [[The arts|arts]] and [[philosophy]] at [[St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth|St Patrick's College, Maynooth]] in 1968 and later [[theology]] in 1971.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=22 February 2008 |title=Appointment of new Bishop in Down and Connor Press Conference details |url=https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2008/02/22/appointment-bishop-connor-press-conference-details/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference}}</ref>
Treanor was born on 25 December 1950 at Silverstream, [[County Monaghan]]. He attended primary school at St Brigid's National School, Leitrim, and secondary school at St Mary's CBS, [[Monaghan]], before beginning studies in [[The arts|arts]] and [[philosophy]] at [[St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth|St Patrick's College, Maynooth]] in 1968 and later [[theology]] in 1971.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=22 February 2008 |title=Appointment of new Bishop in Down and Connor Press Conference details |url=https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2008/02/22/appointment-bishop-connor-press-conference-details/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207114631/https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2008/02/22/appointment-bishop-connor-press-conference-details/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


Treanor was [[Holy orders in the Catholic Church|ordained a priest]] for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher|Diocese of Clogher]] on 13 June 1976.<ref name=":0" />
Treanor was [[Holy orders in the Catholic Church|ordained a priest]] for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher|Diocese of Clogher]] on 13 June 1976.<ref name=":0" />
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He was recalled to the Diocese of Clogher in 1980, where he received his first diocesan assignment as assistant in the [[St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan|cathedral parish]] of [[Monaghan]] and Rackwallace, with responsibility for the local Catholic marriage advisory council.<ref name=":0" />
He was recalled to the Diocese of Clogher in 1980, where he received his first diocesan assignment as assistant in the [[St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan|cathedral parish]] of [[Monaghan]] and Rackwallace, with responsibility for the local Catholic marriage advisory council.<ref name=":0" />


Treanor returned to Rome in 1981 to complete further studies, while also serving as Prefect of Studies at the Pontifical Irish College. He subsequently returned to Ireland in 1985, when he was appointed diocesan director of adult education and organised a diocesan assembly of clergy held in 1986 to promote pastoral renewal within the diocese. Treanor was subsequently appointed curate in [[Enniskillen]], where he also served as chaplain to the local general hospital and a confessor at the nearby [[St Patrick's Purgatory]].<ref name=":0" />
Treanor returned to Rome in 1981 to complete further studies, while also serving as Prefect of Studies at the Pontifical Irish College. He subsequently returned to Ireland in 1985, when he was appointed diocesan director of adult education and organised a diocesan assembly of clergy held in 1986 to promote pastoral renewal within the diocese. Treanor was next appointed curate in [[Enniskillen]], where he also served as chaplain to the local general hospital and a confessor at the nearby [[St Patrick's Purgatory]].<ref name=":0" />


He was sent to [[Brussels]] in 1989, to work with [[Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union|COMECE]]. While deeply involved in the expanding endeavour of COMECE to project Christian values into the European process, Treanor continued to engage in pastoral work through contact with the local English-speaking community. He has also published and lectured widely on European construction issues, the Church and Europe, and Church-State matters.<ref name=":0" />
He was sent to [[Brussels]] in 1989, to work with [[Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union|COMECE]]. While deeply involved in the expanding endeavour of COMECE to project Christian values into the European process, Treanor continued to engage in pastoral work through contact with the local English-speaking community. He also published and lectured widely on European construction issues, the Church and Europe, and Church-State matters.<ref name=":0" />


Treanor was appointed [[Secretary (title)|Secretary General]] of COMECE on 31 March 1993, and subsequently appointed [[Chaplain of His Holiness]] on 18 May 1994.<ref name=":0" />
Treanor was appointed [[Secretary (title)|Secretary General]] of COMECE on 31 March 1993, and subsequently appointed [[Chaplain of His Holiness]] on 18 May 1994.<ref name=":0" />


In addition to his native [[English language|English]] and [[Irish language|Irish]], Treanor is fluent in [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-26 |title=Pope appoints Noel Treanor as Apostolic Nuncio to EU |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-11/pope-appointment-apostolic-nuncio-european-union-noel-treanor.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Vatican News |language=en}}</ref>
In addition to his native [[English language|English]] and [[Irish language|Irish]], Treanor was fluent in [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref>{{cite web |date=26 November 2022 |title=Pope appoints Noel Treanor as Apostolic Nuncio to EU |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-11/pope-appointment-apostolic-nuncio-european-union-noel-treanor.html |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Vatican News |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207114629/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-11/pope-appointment-apostolic-nuncio-european-union-noel-treanor.html |url-status=live}}</ref>


== Bishop of Down and Connor==
== Episcopal ministry ==
The then [[Monsignor]] Treanor was appointed [[Bishop of Down and Connor]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 22 February 2008.<ref name="vatbio12">{{cite press release |date=22 February 2008 |publisher=Holy See Press Office |access-date=27 November 2022 |language=it |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/02/22/0111/00268.html |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 28.02.2008 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607003030/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/02/22/0111/00268.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=22 February 2008 |title=New Nuncio and Bishop for Ireland |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-21857?l=english |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430164249/http://www.zenit.org/article-21857?l=english |archive-date=30 April 2011 |access-date=26 March 2010 |work=Zenit News Agency}}</ref> He was consecrated by the [[Archbishop of Armagh]] and [[Primacy of Ireland|Primate of All Ireland]], [[Seán Brady (cardinal)|Seán Brady]], on 29 June in [[St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast|St Peter's Cathedral]], [[Belfast]].<ref name="vatbio22">{{cite press release |publisher=Holy See Press Office |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/11/26/0879/01843.html |title=Rinunce e nomine, 26.11.2022 |date=26 November 2022 |language=it |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref> Treanor's was the first consecration of a newly-appointed bishop in the diocese since that of [[Daniel Mageean]] in 1929.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=23 February 2008 |title=Lover of Futility: Bishop Daniel Mageean |url=https://lover-of-futility.blogspot.com/2008/02/bishop-daniel-mageean.html |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Lover of Futility |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207114628/https://lover-of-futility.blogspot.com/2008/02/bishop-daniel-mageean.html |url-status=live}}</ref>


Ahead of a [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008|referendum in the Republic of Ireland]] on the ratification of the [[Treaty of Lisbon]] in October 2009, he advocated for a Yes vote, saying that Roman Catholics could vote in favour of the treaty in good conscience. Treanor cited his experience with [[Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union|COMECE]] in assuring an [[Oireachtas]] committee that ratification of the treaty would not affect Irish sovereignty over issues such as [[Abortion in the Republic of Ireland|abortion]] and [[Irish neutrality|military neutrality]].<ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 2009 |title=Lisbon 'fine by us' says bishop |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8260836.stm |access-date=27 November 2022 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127122601/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8260836.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Bishop of Down and Connor ===
Treanor was appointed [[Bishop of Down and Connor]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 22 February 2008.<ref name="vatbio12">{{cite press release |date=22 February 2008 |publisher=Holy See Press Office |access-date=27 November 2022 |language=it |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/02/22/0111/00268.html |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 28.02.2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=22 February 2008 |title=New Nuncio and Bishop for Ireland |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-21857?l=english |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430164249/http://www.zenit.org/article-21857?l=english |archive-date=30 April 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2010 |work=Zenit News Agency}}</ref> He was consecrated by the [[Archbishop of Armagh]] and [[Primacy of Ireland|Primate of All Ireland]], [[Seán Brady (cardinal)|Seán Brady]], on 29 June in [[St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast|St Peter's Cathedral]], [[Belfast]].<ref name="vatbio22">{{cite press release |publisher=Holy See Press Office |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/11/26/0879/01843.html |title=Rinunce e nomine, 26.11.2022 |date=26 November 2022 |language=it |accessdate=26 November 2022}}</ref> Treanor was the first consecration of a newly-appointed bishop in the diocese since [[Daniel Mageean]] in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-02-23 |title=Lover of Futility: Bishop Daniel Mageean |url=https://lover-of-futility.blogspot.com/2008/02/bishop-daniel-mageean.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Lover of Futility}}</ref>


He described the findings of the [[Murphy Report]], published in November 2009, as "horrific", and expressed his confidence that the [[Diocese of Down and Connor]] had rid itself of all abusing priests.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Henry |first=Lesley-Anne |date=28 November 2009 |title=Police Investigate Two Northern Ireland Catholic Priests over Child Abuse |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/police-investigate-two-northern-ireland-catholic-priests-over-child-abuse-14579208.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201030351/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/police-investigate-two-northern-ireland-catholic-priests-over-child-abuse-14579208.html |archive-date=1 December 2009 |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |access-date=28 November 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
Ahead of a [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008|referendum in the Republic of Ireland]] on the ratification of the [[Treaty of Lisbon]] in October 2009, he advocated for a Yes vote, saying that Roman Catholics could vote in favour of the treaty in good conscience. Treanor cited his experience with [[Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union|COMECE]] in assuring an [[Oireachtas]] committee that ratification of the treaty would not affect Irish sovereignty over issues such as [[Abortion in the Republic of Ireland|abortion]] and [[Irish neutrality|military neutrality]].<ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 2009 |title=Lisbon 'fine by us' says bishop |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8260836.stm |access-date=27 November 2022 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>


Speaking at a press conference in August 2010, where previously undisclosed documents from diocesan archives relating to the [[Ballymurphy massacre]] were made public for the first time, Treanor expressed his support for an international, independent inquiry into the events of the massacre, adding:<ref>{{cite news |last=Heaney |first=John |date=31 July 2010 |title=Bishop backs inquiry into killings by paras |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bishop-backs-inquiry-into-killings-by-paras-1.630494 |access-date=7 February 2024 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207114628/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bishop-backs-inquiry-into-killings-by-paras-1.630494 |url-status=live}}</ref>
He described the findings of the [[Murphy Report]], published in November 2009, as "horrific", and expressed his confidence that the Diocese of Down and Connor had rid itself of all abusing priests.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Henry |first=Lesley-Anne |date=28 November 2009 |title=Police Investigate Two Northern Ireland Catholic Priests over Child Abuse |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/police-investigate-two-northern-ireland-catholic-priests-over-child-abuse-14579208.html |archive-url=https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/11_12/2009_11_28_Henry_PoliceInvestigate.htm |archive-date=7 February 2024 |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref>


Speaking at a press conference in August 2010, where previously undisclosed documents from diocesan archives relating to the [[Ballymurphy massacre]] were made public for the first time, Treanor expressed his support for an international, independent inquiry into the events of the massacre, adding:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heaney |first=John |date=31 July 2010 |title=Bishop backs inquiry into killings by paras |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bishop-backs-inquiry-into-killings-by-paras-1.630494 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><blockquote>"As with [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]], the reputations of those who were killed were actively besmirched and the evidence of the available eyewitnesses was either ignored or actively discredited. Indeed the events in Ballymurphy on August 9th-11th, 1971, would and perhaps should have been considered the necessary starting point for such an inquiry."</blockquote>At the diocesan congress in 2013, he launched a review into ensuring that diocesan pastoral activities matched current resources, initiating a review of pastoral structures which drew upon the results of a census held in 2011. New pastoral communities were drafted and presented to clergy in three meetings and subsequently to the lay faithful, with a regular practice rate of 20% across the diocese significantly influencing future structures, leading to increased sharing of personnel, skills and finances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foley |first=Ann Marie |date=2013-09-28 |title=Bishop Treanor launches pastoral plan for Down and Connor |url=https://www.catholicireland.net/bishop-treanor-launches-pastoral-plan/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Catholicireland.net |language=en-US}}</ref>
<blockquote>As with [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]], the reputations of those who were killed were actively besmirched and the evidence of the available eyewitnesses was either ignored or actively discredited. Indeed the events in Ballymurphy on August 9th–11th, 1971, would and perhaps should have been considered the necessary starting point for such an inquiry.</blockquote>


At the diocesan congress in 2013, he launched a review into ensuring that diocesan pastoral activities matched current resources, initiating a review of pastoral structures which drew upon the results of a census held in 2011. New pastoral communities were drafted and presented to clergy in three meetings and subsequently to the lay faithful, with a regular practice rate of 20% across the diocese significantly influencing future structures, leading to increased sharing of personnel, skills and finances.<ref>{{cite web |last=Foley |first=Ann Marie |date=28 September 2013 |title=Bishop Treanor launches pastoral plan for Down and Connor |url=https://www.catholicireland.net/bishop-treanor-launches-pastoral-plan/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Catholicireland.net |language=en-US}}</ref>
Treanor ordained the first [[Permanent deacon|permanent deacons]] for diocesan service in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2018 |title=Celebrations as nine deacons ordained in Diocese of Down and Connor |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/10/15/news/celebrations-as-nine-deacons-ordained-in-diocese-of-down-and-connor-1458473/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mac Donald |first=Sarah |date=2018-10-16 |title=Bishop Treanor ordains first permanent deacons for Down and Connor |url=https://www.catholicireland.net/bishop-treanor-ordains-first-permanent-deacons-connor/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Catholicireland.net |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Oisín |date=2018-10-12 |title=First ordinations to the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Down and Connor |url=https://catholicnews.ie/first-ordinations-to-the-permanent-diaconate-for-the-diocese-of-down-and-connor/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Catholic News |language=en-US}}</ref>

Treanor ordained the first [[permanent deacon]]s for diocesan service in October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 October 2018 |title=Celebrations as nine deacons ordained in Diocese of Down and Connor |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/10/15/news/celebrations-as-nine-deacons-ordained-in-diocese-of-down-and-connor-1458473/ |access-date=22 April 2023 |archive-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427121918/https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/10/15/news/celebrations-as-nine-deacons-ordained-in-diocese-of-down-and-connor-1458473/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mac Donald |first=Sarah |date=16 October 2018 |title=Bishop Treanor ordains first permanent deacons for Down and Connor |url=https://www.catholicireland.net/bishop-treanor-ordains-first-permanent-deacons-connor/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Catholicireland.net |language=en-US |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207114629/https://www.catholicireland.net/bishop-treanor-ordains-first-permanent-deacons-connor/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Walsh |first=Oisín |date=12 October 2018 |title=First ordinations to the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Down and Connor |url=https://catholicnews.ie/first-ordinations-to-the-permanent-diaconate-for-the-diocese-of-down-and-connor/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Catholic News |language=en-US |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207114630/https://catholicnews.ie/first-ordinations-to-the-permanent-diaconate-for-the-diocese-of-down-and-connor/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Diplomatic career==
==Diplomatic career==
Treanor was appointed [[Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union|Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union]], with the personal title of archbishop, by Pope Francis on 26 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Conneely |first=Ailbhe |date=26 November 2022 |title=Bishop of Down and Connor appointed as EU Apostolic Nuncio |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1126/1338454-pope-bishop-european-union/ |access-date=26 November 2022 |publisher=RTÉ News}}</ref><ref name="vatbio22" />
Treanor was appointed [[Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union|Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union]], with the personal title of archbishop, by [[Pope Francis]] on 26 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Conneely |first=Ailbhe |date=26 November 2022 |title=Bishop of Down and Connor appointed as EU Apostolic Nuncio |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1126/1338454-pope-bishop-european-union/ |access-date=26 November 2022 |publisher=RTÉ News |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126150835/https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1126/1338454-pope-bishop-european-union/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vatbio22" />

Treanor died of a heart attack in Brussels, on 11 August 2024, at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conneely |first=Ailbhe |date=12 August 2024 |title=EU Apostolic Nuncio Noël Treanor dies aged 73 |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0811/1464493-noel-treanor-eu-apostolic-nuncio/ |access-date=12 August 2024 |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812013642/https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0811/1464493-noel-treanor-eu-apostolic-nuncio/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |access-date=12 August 2024 |date=12 August 2024 |work=Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-08/apostolic-nuncio-to-the-eu-archbishop-noel-treanor-dies-age-73.html |title=Archbishop Noël Treanor, Apostolic Nuncio to the EU, dies aged 73 |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812133940/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-08/apostolic-nuncio-to-the-eu-archbishop-noel-treanor-dies-age-73.html |url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

* [[List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See]]
* [[List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See]]


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btreanor.html Archbishop Noël Treanor] on [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]
* [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btreanor.html Archbishop Noël Treanor] on [[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]
* [https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/nunciature/nunc187.htm#23580 Archbishop Noël Treanor] on GCatholic
* [https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/nunciature/nunc187.htm#23580 Archbishop Noël Treanor] on GCatholic

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Noël Treanor
Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union
Treanor in 2023
ChurchRoman Catholic
Appointed26 November 2022
Term ended11 August 2024
PredecessorAldo Giordano
SuccessorVacant
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination13 June 1976
by Patrick Mulligan
Consecration29 June 2008
by Seán Brady
Personal details
Born(1950-12-25)25 December 1950
Tyholland, Ireland
Died11 August 2024(2024-08-11) (aged 73)
Brussels, Belgium
Alma materSt Patrick's College, Maynooth
Pontifical Gregorian University
MottoSicut filii lucis ambulate
(Walk as children of light)
Coat of armsNoël Treanor's coat of arms
Styles of
Noël Treanor
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Noël Treanor (25 December 1950 – 11 August 2024) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union with the personal title of archbishop from 2022 until his death in 2024. He was Secretary-General of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) from 1993 to 2008 and bishop of Down and Connor from 2008 to 2022.

Early life and education

Treanor was born on 25 December 1950 at Silverstream, County Monaghan. He attended primary school at St Brigid's National School, Leitrim, and secondary school at St Mary's CBS, Monaghan, before beginning studies in arts and philosophy at St Patrick's College, Maynooth in 1968 and later theology in 1971.[1]

Treanor was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Clogher on 13 June 1976.[1]

Presbyteral ministry

Following his ordination, Treanor was sent to the Pontifical Irish College for further studies in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he completed a licentiate in sacred theology, within special commendation, in 1977.[1]

He was recalled to the Diocese of Clogher in 1980, where he received his first diocesan assignment as assistant in the cathedral parish of Monaghan and Rackwallace, with responsibility for the local Catholic marriage advisory council.[1]

Treanor returned to Rome in 1981 to complete further studies, while also serving as Prefect of Studies at the Pontifical Irish College. He subsequently returned to Ireland in 1985, when he was appointed diocesan director of adult education and organised a diocesan assembly of clergy held in 1986 to promote pastoral renewal within the diocese. Treanor was next appointed curate in Enniskillen, where he also served as chaplain to the local general hospital and a confessor at the nearby St Patrick's Purgatory.[1]

He was sent to Brussels in 1989, to work with COMECE. While deeply involved in the expanding endeavour of COMECE to project Christian values into the European process, Treanor continued to engage in pastoral work through contact with the local English-speaking community. He also published and lectured widely on European construction issues, the Church and Europe, and Church-State matters.[1]

Treanor was appointed Secretary General of COMECE on 31 March 1993, and subsequently appointed Chaplain of His Holiness on 18 May 1994.[1]

In addition to his native English and Irish, Treanor was fluent in French, German, Italian and Spanish.[2]

Bishop of Down and Connor

The then Monsignor Treanor was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2008.[3][4] He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Seán Brady, on 29 June in St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast.[5] Treanor's was the first consecration of a newly-appointed bishop in the diocese since that of Daniel Mageean in 1929.[6]

Ahead of a referendum in the Republic of Ireland on the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon in October 2009, he advocated for a Yes vote, saying that Roman Catholics could vote in favour of the treaty in good conscience. Treanor cited his experience with COMECE in assuring an Oireachtas committee that ratification of the treaty would not affect Irish sovereignty over issues such as abortion and military neutrality.[7]

He described the findings of the Murphy Report, published in November 2009, as "horrific", and expressed his confidence that the Diocese of Down and Connor had rid itself of all abusing priests.[8]

Speaking at a press conference in August 2010, where previously undisclosed documents from diocesan archives relating to the Ballymurphy massacre were made public for the first time, Treanor expressed his support for an international, independent inquiry into the events of the massacre, adding:[9]

As with Bloody Sunday, the reputations of those who were killed were actively besmirched and the evidence of the available eyewitnesses was either ignored or actively discredited. Indeed the events in Ballymurphy on August 9th–11th, 1971, would and perhaps should have been considered the necessary starting point for such an inquiry.

At the diocesan congress in 2013, he launched a review into ensuring that diocesan pastoral activities matched current resources, initiating a review of pastoral structures which drew upon the results of a census held in 2011. New pastoral communities were drafted and presented to clergy in three meetings and subsequently to the lay faithful, with a regular practice rate of 20% across the diocese significantly influencing future structures, leading to increased sharing of personnel, skills and finances.[10]

Treanor ordained the first permanent deacons for diocesan service in October 2018.[11][12][13]

Diplomatic career

Treanor was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, with the personal title of archbishop, by Pope Francis on 26 November 2022.[14][5]

Treanor died of a heart attack in Brussels, on 11 August 2024, at the age of 73.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Appointment of new Bishop in Down and Connor Press Conference details". Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Pope appoints Noel Treanor as Apostolic Nuncio to EU". Vatican News. 26 November 2022. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.02.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "New Nuncio and Bishop for Ireland". Zenit News Agency. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine, 26.11.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Lover of Futility: Bishop Daniel Mageean". Lover of Futility. 23 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Lisbon 'fine by us' says bishop". BBC News. 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  8. ^ Henry, Lesley-Anne (28 November 2009). "Police Investigate Two Northern Ireland Catholic Priests over Child Abuse". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ Heaney, John (31 July 2010). "Bishop backs inquiry into killings by paras". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  10. ^ Foley, Ann Marie (28 September 2013). "Bishop Treanor launches pastoral plan for Down and Connor". Catholicireland.net. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Celebrations as nine deacons ordained in Diocese of Down and Connor". 15 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  12. ^ Mac Donald, Sarah (16 October 2018). "Bishop Treanor ordains first permanent deacons for Down and Connor". Catholicireland.net. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  13. ^ Walsh, Oisín (12 October 2018). "First ordinations to the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of Down and Connor". Catholic News. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  14. ^ Conneely, Ailbhe (26 November 2022). "Bishop of Down and Connor appointed as EU Apostolic Nuncio". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  15. ^ Conneely, Ailbhe (12 August 2024). "EU Apostolic Nuncio Noël Treanor dies aged 73". Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Archbishop Noël Treanor, Apostolic Nuncio to the EU, dies aged 73". Vatican News. 12 August 2024. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Secretary-General of COMECE
31 March 1993 – 29 June 2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Down and Connor
29 June 2008 – 26 November 2022
Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union
26 November 2022 – 11 August 2024
Succeeded by
Vacant