Rev Gary Hastings will be formally instituted as the new rector of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Saturday at 7pm by the Bishop of Tuam Rev Richard Henderson.
Rev Hastings is taking over from Rev Patrick Towers, who retired at the beginning of this year. Rev Hastings was born in East Belfast and was ordained a Deaconate in Galway in 1993, serving in St Nicholas’. He moved to Westport in 1995 and served as rector there and became an Archdeacon in Tuam in 2006.
He is married to Caitríona, with whom he has two children, Conn and Cáitlín. He is also a highly respected Irish traditional musician, whose flute playing has graced many a trad session in Galway and Westport
