PHOTO: Fr Thao with around 70 parishioners who attended Mass and the farewell supper on Saturday 3 February.
Coonamble’s Catholic parishioners and assorted community members turned out on a hot Saturday evening 3 February to bid farewell - and come back soon - to popular Parish Priest Fr Thao Nguyen.
News that the Bishop of Bathurst Michael McKenna had decided to relocate Fr Thao to Bathurst, in response to health concerns that emerged in the final days of 2023, had spread fast.
Fr Thao has been replaced by Fr Ephrem . . .
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