Séamus Freeman

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Styles of Séamus Freeman


Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Séamus Freeman, S.A.C. (23 February 1944) is the current Bishop of the Diocese of Ossory since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 September 2007.

Bishop Freeman is the eldest of eight children, his family moved to Callan, County Kilkenny where he attended school. After his education he entered the Pallottines in Thurles, County Tipperary. He was ordained to the priesthood on 12 June 1971. He continued his education in the Catholic University of America where he studied psychology.

He then went to Rome where he worked for his order. In 1981 he was appointed as rector and director of formations of the Pallottines in Thurles. He remained in Thurles until 1989 when he was appointed as the orders vicar general, becoming its rector-general in 1992 in which he served two six year terms. Since October 2004 he was a parish priest in Rome.

On hearing the news of the appointment of Fr.Freeman, Archbishop Martin said that:"He is an exceptionally warm and kind man who I'm sure will quickly win the affection of the diocese. His genuine humility hides a deep spirituality and the breath of his pastoral experience".

He was ordained to the episcopate and installed on 2 December 2007. The Principal Consecrator was the Metropolitan Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, while the principal Co-Consecrators were Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto and Bishop Laurence Forristal.