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ELECTORAL COLLEGE FOR DIOCESE OF CASHEL AND OSSOR
An Electoral College of the Church of Ireland will meet in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on Monday, 4 November 2002 to elect a new Bishop for the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory to replace the former Bishop, John Neill, who was recently enthroned as Archbishop of Dublin.
The President of the College will be the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Rev John Neill as the vacant See is in the Southern Province of the Church of Ireland.
The College will consist of three members of the House of Bishops, twelve clergy and twelve elected lay persons from the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory and three clergy and three elected lay persons from each of the other dioceses in the Southern Province - Limerick, Meath and Kildare, Dublin and Glendalough and Cork.
The College is closed to non electors and media. Voting will take place on names brought forward by the dioceses until one name receives two thirds of the votes of the members present and voting. If no person receives the requisite majority, the appointment will then pass to the House of Bishops.
A result could be known between 4.00p.m. and 5.00p.m.
Further information from:
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