Diocesan News15 Jun 10

Ordinations to the Priesthood (Cork, Cloyne & Ross)

The Rev. Patrick Burke. the Rev. Anne Skuse and The Rev. Adrian Moran with the Rev. Kevin Morris, Vicar of Michael and All Angels, London, Director of Post-Ordination Training in the Diocese of London and preacher at the service, Bishop Colton and Archdeacon Bantry-White on the occasion of their ordination to the priesthood at the end of May. Photo - David Keane

Patrick Burke grew up in Douglas and went to school in St Columba's National School and Rochestown College. He later attended UCC where he took a BA in Classics and Geography. He has had a varied career, having served in both the US Navy and the US Army, and is also a former Inspector of Taxes for the Irish Revenue Commissioners. He has spent the year since he was ordained deacon as Curate-Assistant of Douglas Union with Frankfield which he has found immensely satisfying and enjoyable. He is married to Ruth Prendergast, a native of Fountainstown and a grand-daughter of Michael Prendergast, founder of the Arcadia Ballroom. They have four children: Isaac, Jeremiah, Jacob, and Malachi.

Adrian Moran is a native of Dublin. A Chartered Accountant by profession, he worked in banking and financial services in the UK and Ireland before moving to live in Ballinacurra, in Co Cork, in 2002. Adrian is currently serving as an assistant priest in the city parish of St. Anne's, Shandon. He is married with 5 children and 4 grandchildren.

Anne Skuse lives in Bandon with her husband Bill, they have four children. At present she is working in Kilmocomogue Union of parishes which covers Bantry, Durrus and Castletownbere.