Rev. John F. McDonough, pastor of Holy Spirit Parish, Atlanta, has been named pastor of Christ the King Cathedral, Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan announced this week.

Succeeding Father McDonough as pastor of Holy Spirit Parish will be the Rev. Joseph F. Ware, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Milledgeville.

These changes resulted from the resignation of Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy, P.A.V.G., as Rector of the Cathedral. He succeeds Father Ware as pastor at Milledgeville. A reception for Msgr. Cassidy will be held this evening (October 1) at the Cathedral Auditorium when Parishioners and friends are invited to a farewell get together.

All changes are effective October 10, 1964.

Father McDonough was born in South Boston, Mass. and was ordained at Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, by Richard Cardinal Cushing, May 1941. He was assistant at St. Zepheryn, Cochituate, Mass, from June 1941 to Sept. 1941; assistant at St. Joseph’s, Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 1941 to Sept. 1944; U.S. Army captain at Ft. McClellan, Ala., from Oct. 1944 to Nov. 1946; assistant at Christ the King Cathedral, Atlanta, Jan. 1947 to Sept. 1956. From Sept. 1956 to June 1959, he was pastor of St. Peter’s, LaGrange; from June 1959 to June 1964, pastor of St. Mary’s, Rome. In May 1962, he was appointed Archdiocesan Consultor and, in June 1964, Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Northwest Deanery.

Father Ware was born in Savannah, GA, received his training at St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD., and was ordained, May 1948, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, by Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston, S.C. From May 1948, to Aug. 1950, he was assistant at the Cathedral in Savannah. From Aug. 1950 to June 1955, he was assistant at St. Thomas More, Decatur, and from June 1955 to June 1956 was assistant at St. John the Evangelist, Hapeville. In June 1956, he was made pastor of Sacred Heart, Milledgeville. He is an Archdiocesan Counsultor, a Pro-Synodal Judge of the Matrimonial Tribunal and a member of the Commission on Development.