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Ordination of Deacons in Connor Diocese

At the Service of Ordination of Deacons for Connor Diocese are, back row from left: The Rev Clifford Skillen, Bishop’s Chaplain; the Rev Canon William Taggart, Registrar; and the Very Rev Sam Wright, Dean of Connor (preacher). Front row from left: The Ven Paul Dundas, Archdeacon of Dalriada; the Rev Peter Blake; the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy; the Rev Jonathan Cockerill; and the Rev Arthur Young, rector, St Paul’s, Lisburn. Photo: Norman Briggs.
At the Service of Ordination of Deacons for Connor Diocese are, back row from left: The Rev Clifford Skillen, Bishop’s Chaplain; the Rev Canon William Taggart, Registrar; and the Very Rev Sam Wright, Dean of Connor (preacher). Front row from left: The Ven Paul Dundas, Archdeacon of Dalriada; the Rev Peter Blake; the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy; the Rev Jonathan Cockerill; and the Rev Arthur Young, rector, St Paul’s, Lisburn. Photo: Norman Briggs.

Two new Deacons were ordained to serve in the Diocese of Connor by the Rt Revd Alan Abernethy, Bishop of Connor, in St Paul’s Parish Church, Lisburn, on Wednesday September 5.

The new Deacons are Peter Blake, who was ordained for the internship in the Parish of Whiterock and Glencairn, Belfast, and Jonathan Cockerill who was ordained for the internship in the Parish of St Paul’s, Lisburn.

The preacher at the service was the Very Rev Sam Wright, Dean of Connor and rector of Lisburn Cathedral.

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