One of Suffolk's most popular parish priests was remembered at a ceremony in the front garden of St Felix Roman Catholic Church on Sunday.

A bench placed in honour of Fatherr John McNally, who served in the parish from 1993 until his death aged 65 in 2007, was rededicated by the current parish priest, Fr John Barnes.

The bench refurbishment was organised by altar server Tony Lazell, also pictured, who had suggested to Fr Barnes that a rededication for a much loved former parish priest would be welcomed by local worshippers.

Fr McNally who took up the post as parish priest for St Felix and sister church of St Cecilia's, Trimley St Mary, in 1993, died on March 14 after collapsing while conducting the funeral of 91-year-old Kay Thomson.

He suddenly fell to the floor at the end of the first hymn during the requiem mass and is understood to have hit his head on the altar.

Fr McNally, originally from Co Offaly in Ireland, started working life in accountancy before joining the priesthood. He also served in Brandon and Cambridgeshire.

He was laid to rest with his mother and father in Banagher Cemetery after his body was flown to Ireland where he was received into St Rynagh's Church, Banagher, County Offaly.

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