Celebrant announced

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At your church before the beginning of Sunday Mass, is the name of the priest celebrant announced?
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We only have one priest, so no.

At my old parish, where we had 3 priests and 5 deacons, yes the cantor typically announced the celebrant and the deacon.
 
No.

But I also have attended parishes where the celebrant is announced.

Now if the celebrant (or con-celebrant) is a visiting priest he will often introduce himself (or be introduced by the celebrant) right after the greeting.
 
At my previous parish there was an anouncement by a layperson from the pulpit of who would be celebrating. At the church I go to now we are beforehand made aware of who the celebrant is if it’s anyone different than the pastor, though it isn’t anounced right before Mass.
 
I have seen instances where yes, celebrants were announced, but mostly no, this has not been the case in parishes I have attended.

It has always seemed to me that our Church avoids the focus on who the man celebrating is because we are there to receive the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of the God-Man. I feel rather certain this figures large into why Catholic churches have never been characterized by always knowing who will celebrate a Mass, or having the name of a sermon coming up on a sign outside. All of that is beside the real point of going to Mass; I am not preaching to anyone here, just reflecting about what is a pretty interesting topic despite the brevity of the original question.

One thing I do remember vividly is that announcing the celebrant’s name will invariably result in seeing someone near or far from oneself rolling their eyes, tsking, or looking overjoyed, etc. at the sound of that celebrant’s name. What better way to help us be immediately distracted into our own human frailty than focusing us at the start of Holy Mass on “who” is celebrating, rather than preparation for the Reason we are celebrating.

Great question.
 
Yes, he is aways announced. We are the cathedral parish and often we have visitors who may not know the priests. One of our Sunday masses is also televised so it again helps for people who do not come from our parish to know who the priest are.
 
I have never attended a mass where the celebrant was announced; however, I have seen many times, especially with a visiting priest, where the celebrant introduces himself, usually after the greeting.
 
Yes. Our cantor begins with a brief welcome, the Mass [that is, the nth Sunday of season or Holy day], the celebrant, if there is a separate second collection and its purpose, and a reminder to silence cell phones.
 
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Yes. Our cantor begins with a brief welcome, the Mass [that is, the nth Sunday of season or Holy day], the celebrant, if there is a separate second collection and its purpose, and a reminder to silence cell phones.
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This is precisely the case at our parish, as well.
 
In our small parish with only the Pastor there is no need for this. If visitors pick up the bulletin on their way in will figure it out in short order.

They do announce the name of the celebrant at the parish I attend when I’m visiting my daughter because they have more than one priest.
 
My parish only has one priest, but at another local parish the Mass schedule includes the priest who will be celebrating each Mass for the upcoming week, including weekday Masses. No announcement is made, as far as I know.
 
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