Diocesan News26 Aug 14

New Rector Instituted For Parish Of Fanlobbus Union (Dunmanway, Co Cork)

Pictured following the Institution of the new Rector of Fanlobbus Union were (l–r) the Rt Revd Dr John Neill (Preacher), the Revd Cliff Jeffers (new Rector of the parish), and the Rt Revd Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

On Sunday, 24 August, during a celebration of the Feast of St Bartholomew the Apostle, the Revd Cliff Jeffers was instituted as Rector of the Parish of Fanlobbus Union, a parish which is centred on the town of Dunmanway, Co Cork. A huge crowd filled the Church of Saint Mary, Dunmanway to capacity.

The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Rt Revd Dr Paul Colton, presided and instituted Cliff as Incumbent of the Parish. The preacher, a long time friend of Bishop Colton and the Jeffers family, was the former Archbishop of Dublin, the Rt Revd Dr John Neill. Also present were representatives of other churches, the local community and public representatives led by the Mayor of Cork County, Cllr. Alan Coleman.