The Celebrants

The Co-ordinator of the Latin Mass:


Father Gerard Byrne

Father Byrne is the Assistant Priest at Our Lady of Lourdes, Cardonald, and Co-ordinator of our weekly Latin Mass. He is also the Director of the Schola Glasguensis. Father Byrne was ordained to the priesthood in 2004 in St Mary's, Duntocher.


Father Nicholas Monaghan

Father Monaghan is the Assistant Priest in St Dominic's, Bishopbriggs, and chaplain to St Mungo's Academy. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2000 in St Mary's, Duntocher. Father Monaghan is a graduate of the University of Glasgow and of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has also obtained a license in sacred theology (marriage and the family) at the John Paul II Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University.


Father Paul Gargaro

Father Gargaro is the Assistant Priest in Our Holy Redeemer's and Saint Margaret's, Clydebank, and Secretary of the North-West Deanery, as well as an Instructor at the Scottish National Tribunal. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2005 in St Michael's, Dumbarton. Father Gargaro is a graduate of the Pontifical Gregorian University with degrees in philosophy, theology, and canon law. Father Gargaro also has his own website.


Father Gerald Sharkey

Father Sharkey is the Assistant Priest in Our Lady and St Helen's, Condorrat. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2006 in Holy Cross, Crosshill. Father Sharkey is a graduate of the Pontifical Gregorian University with degrees in philosophy and theology, specialising in history of theology and patristic theology. For many years Father Sharkey was Organist and Choirmaster of the Pontifical Scots College, Rome.