1 of 1
Story summary
- Ireland's Catholic Church will hold a service in Mullingar Cathedral on Sunday to advance Fr Willie Doyle’s canonisation.
- Bishop Tom Deenihan will submit about 3,500 pages of evidence to the Vatican following the 2022 diocesan inquiry.
- Fr Willie Doyle, a British Army chaplain, died on 16 August 1917 aiding two wounded Protestant soldiers at Passchendaele.
- He earned the Military Cross at the Somme and was mentioned in despatches several times.