The theme of the Conference will be The Cathedral as a Place of Unity. Speakers will include Dr Mazaher Ali Bari of the Islamic Foundation of Ireland; Fr John Delany Administrator, St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral; Bishop Richard Clarke of Meath & Kildare; Canon Kenneth Kearon, Irish School of Ecumenics, Dean Robert MacCarthy, St Patrick’s Cathedral and Dean John Paterson, Christ Church Cathedral.

Amongst the attendance will be leading Roman Catholic churchmen, such as Mgr Tom Toner, Administrator, St Peter’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Belfast, Mgr Peter Cookson, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, and Mgr Desmond Sexton, St Marie’s Cathedral, Sheffield. Mgr Toner and Canon Charles Kenny, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, will lead a session on Practical Ecumenism in Belfast.

Amongst the 37 heads of cathedrals there will be two female deans, the Very Revd Miriam Byrne, Provost of Dundee, and the Very Revd. Margarethe Isberg, Dean of Vasteras.

The main events will take place at Christ Church Cathedral. There will also be sessions in St Patrick’s Cathedral and St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral. The delegates will also visit the Chester Beatty Library and attend a reception at the Civic Offices, hosted by Dublin Corporation.