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Deacons Ordained To Serve In Connor Diocese

Connor Ordinations
Connor Ordinations

Four new Deacons ordained in Connor Diocese: From left are: Cameron Jones; Isobel Hawthorne–Steele, Bishop Alan Abernethy, Archdeacon Terry Scott, Julie Bell and Philip Benson.

At a service in St Anne’s Cathedral on 14 September, the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Revd Alan Abernethy, ordained four Deacons to serve in the Diocese of Connor.

The four new Deacons are: Julie Bell – who will serve an Internship in Glenavy Parish; Philip Benson – who will serve an Internship in the Grouped Parishes of Finaghy and Upper Malone; Cameron Jones – who will serve an Internship in Carrickfergus Parish; and Isobel Hawthorne–Steele – who will serve an Internship in the Grouped Parishes of Ahoghill and Portglenone.

The preacher at the service was the Ven Terry Scott, Archdeacon of Armagh.

 

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