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NEW BISHOP OF DERRY AND RAPHOE
The Church of Ireland House of Bishops, meeting in Dublin today, elected the Venerable Ken Good, Archdeacon of Dromore, as Bishop of Derry and Raphoe to succeed Bishop James Mehaffey who retired in January.
Archdeacon Good, 49, is presently Rector of Shankill Parish, Lurgan. He grew up in parishes of Castleventry (Ross), Glanmire (Cloyne) and Carrigrohane (Cork) where his father, Canon Raymond Good, was Rector.
The new Bishop-elect was educated at Cork Grammar School and Middleton College, County Cork. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and Nottingham University. He trained for the ordained ministry in St John’s College, Nottingham.
Archdeacon Good was ordained Deacon in 1977 and Priest in 1978. He served as Curate in Willowfield Parish, Belfast and from 1979 to 1984 was Chaplain and Head of RE in Ashton Comprehensive School, Cork. He was Rector of Dunganstown Union, Glendalough Diocese (1984–90) before taking up his present post in Lurgan.
He is a member of General Synod and various church committees including the Commission on Ministry and Council for Mission in Ireland
Ken is married to Mary who comes from Seattle, USA. They have three children: Jennifer, Peter and Andrew.
He is a keen golfer and represented Munster in Schools hockey and cricket. He also completed two Dublin marathons. He enjoys music, especially opera.
The date of the Consecration Service will be announced later. Today’s election passed to the House of Bishops when the Episcopal Electoral College for Derry and Raphoe Diocese failed to make an appointment at its meeting on 1 March 2002.
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