Diocesan News
Four Priests Ordained in Diocese of Connor
Four new Priests were ordained in the Diocese of Connor in a service held in St Thomas’s Parish Church, Belfast, on June 11.
Pictured at the Ordination of Priests in St Thomas’s Parish Church, Diocese of Connor, are, from left: The Rev William Taggart, Registrar; The Ven Dr Stephen McBride, Archdeacon of Connor; The Ven Barry Dodds, Archdeacon of Belfast; the Rev Martin Hilliard; the Ven Stephen Forde, Archdeacon of Dalriada; the Rev Mark Niblock; the Rev John Farr; the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, Bishop of Connor; the Rev Clifford Skillen, Bishop’s Chaplain; Preacher the Rt Rev Trevor Williams, Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe; the Rev Helen MacArthur and the Rev Canon Walter Lewis, Rector of St Thomas.
The ordinations, on St Barnabas’ Day, were conducted by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy. Preacher was the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, the Rt Rev Trevor Williams.
The new Priests are: The Rev Mark Niblock for the Curacy of Agherton, Portstewart; the Rev Martin Hilliard, for the Curacy of Larne and Inver with Glynn and Raloo; the Rev Helen MacArthur, in the Non-Stipendiary Ministry for the Curacy of Derriaghy and the Rev John Farr in the Non-Stipendiary Ministry for the Curacy of Muckamore, Killead and Gartree.
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