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Ordinations resume in the Church of Ireland
Ordinations are under way in dioceses across the Church of Ireland and will continue throughout the month of September. Clergy in our Church are ordained to the orders of deacon, priest and bishop. Ordained Local Ministry (OLM) is a new form of ordination for deacons and priests.
Please see reports and photo galleries below, from our dioceses, on recent services of ordination with more to follow!
Deacons
Revd Andrew Pierce – Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh
Revd James Cunningham – Down & Dromore (OLM)
Revds Stephen Green, Peter Meenagh, Peter McCausland & Glenn Thompson – Connor (OLM)
Revds Carole Pound & Richard Dring – Cork, Cloyne & Ross (OLM)
Revd Philip McKinley – Meath & Kildare
Revd Marion Keating – Meath & Kildare (OLM)
Revd Pat Ryan – Meath & Kildare (OLM)
Revds John Addy, Adam Norris & Xanthe Pratt – Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh (OLM)
Revd Elaine Pentland – Down & Dromore
Revd Andrew Moore – Down & Dromore
Priests/presbyters
Revds Andrea Cotter & Alan McCracken – Derry & Raphoe (OLM)
Revd Brendan O’Loan & Janet Spence – Connor (OLM)
Revd Pat Culleton – Cork, Cloyne & Ross (OLM)
Revd Anna Williams – Down & Dromore
Revd Rodney Blair – Down & Dromore
Revd Andy Hay – Down & Dromore
Revd Jim Fleming – Down & Dromore (OLM)
Revd Colin Birnie – Down & Dromore (OLM)
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