The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, has announced the retirement of the Diocesan Registrar of the Diocese, Mr John L Jermyn.
John L Jermyn was appointed by Bishop Gordon Perdue as a Licensor of Marriages on 29th April 1971. Nine years later, on 1st December 1980, he was appointed Diocesan Registrar by Bishop Samuel Poyntz. With the changes in marriage law in Ireland in 2007 he ceased to be a licensor of marriages but continued as Diocesan Registrar.
As Diocesan Registrar he succeeded his own father, John Bennett Jermyn, who had served…
