Press Releases27 Sep 12

Installation Of New Ecumenical Canons And Canons At St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin has elected a number of new Canons (or Prebendaries) to its Chapter recently, including two new Ecumenical Canons: the Revd Kieran O’Mahony OSA and the Revd Dr Heather Morris. The Revd Kieran O’Mahony was installed as Prebendary of Finglas on Sunday 23rd September and the installation of the Revd Dr Heather Morris as the Prebendary of Clondalkin will take place at Evensong on Sunday 30th September at 3.15pm. The Revd Mark Gardner will also be installed at Sunday’s service as the Prebendary of Maynooth and the Revd Timothy Kinahan as Prebendary of Monmohenock.

The Dean of St Patrick’s, the Very Revd Victor Stacey, said ‘I very much welcome the election of the Revd Kieran O’Mahony and the Revd Dr Heather Morris as Ecumenical Canons on the Chapter of St Patrick’s Cathedral. I believe each of them will contribute something important to the life of the Cathedral, as did their predecessors the Revd Enda McDonagh and the Revd Kenneth Newell.’

The following Canons were installed along with the Revd Kieran O’Mahony on Sunday 23rd September: the Revd Canon Patrick Lawrence as Chancellor and the Revd Canon Robert Warren as Prebendary of Tipperkevin. The Revd Wayne Carney will be installed as Prebendary of Taney on Sunday 4 November.

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Caption for picture attached: Dean Victor Stacey congratulates three new members of the Chapter on 23rd September: Canon Patrick Lawrence, Chancellor; Canon Kieron O’Mahony OSA (Ecumenical Canon) Finglas; Canon Robert Warren, Tipperkevin with Canon Horace McKinley who preached at the installation.