"Catholic priest at St Mary's, Swinton...may have been O'Meara."

Fr O'Meara was at St Lukes if it's the same bloke, vague memories of him being a hulking redfaced rawboned Irishman, and a decent chap as they went.

"Can pastafarians be married by the local pasta in the presence of the noodly one? "

Only if your marrying that lass Anya.