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Ecumenical Canons Installed In St Anne’s Cathedral Belfast

Pic - New Ecumenical Canons
Pic - New Ecumenical Canons

Two new Ecumenical Canons were installed in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday 21 October 2012.

The new Canons are the Rev Dr Ruth Patterson OBE, a Presbyterian Minister and Director of Restoration Ministries, and the Rev Dr Brian Fletcher, North East District Superintendent of the Methodist Church in Ireland.

They were introduced to the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann by the Ven Barry Dodds, Archdeacon of Belfast, and the Ven Philip Patterson, Archdeacon of Down.

The address was given by the Rt Rev Alan Harper, former Archbishop of Armagh.

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(Photograph by Douglas Goddard – L–R: Ven. Barry Dodds; Rt Revd. Alan Harper; Revd Ruth Patterson; Revd Dr Brian Fletcher; Very Revd John Mann; Ven Philip Patterson)

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