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Archdeacon Linney to retire in the autumn
ARCHDEACON LINNEY TO RETIRE IN THE AUTUMN
The Archdeacon of Dublin, Gordon Linney, has announced his intention to retire from the full-time ministry in the autumn. He has been Archdeacon of Dublin since 1988 and Rector of Glenageary for the past 24 years.
A native of Dublin he was born in 1939. A past pupil of The High School, he worked in banking for ten years before entering the Church of Ireland Theological College to study for the ministry in 1966.
Following his ordination in 1969 he served in Northern Ireland as curate in Portstewart, Co Derry, for three years followed by a further three years as Minor Canon of Down Cathedral.
In 1975 he returned to Dublin as Vicar of St Patricks Cathedral Group of parishes and five years later moved to his present parish, Glenageary.
He and his wife, Helen, have three adult children, Susan, Heather and David.
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