Diocesan News
Institution in Broughshane
The institution of the Rev Andrew Campbell as rector of the Parish of Skerry, Rathcavan and Newtowncrommelin took place in Broughshane on August 24.
A large congregation gathered at St Patrick’s Parish Church to welcome 33–year–old Andrew and his wife Allison.
The Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, who originally sent Andrew for training before presiding over his ordination as a Deacon in 2012, conducted the Act of Institution.
Canon Ronnie Nesbitt, who was rector throughout Andrew’s curacy at Bangor Abbey, preached a challenging message while the readings were conveyed by Sally Stewart, Honorary Secretary to the Select Vestry at Bangor Abbey; Andrew’s wife, Allison and Richard Reade, a parishioner from Broughshane.
Andrew was curate assistant of Bangor Abbey, Diocese of Down and Dromore, for almost three years, and before that was curate in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast.
A native of Carrickfergus, he was educated at Belfast High School and read Ancient History and Byzantine Studies at Queen’s University. He went on to read Theology at Union Theological College.
Prior to his ordination, Andrew worked with the Church of Ireland as student worker in the chaplaincy team in both the Jordanstown and Belfast campuses and as a youth worker in St Nicholas, Carrickfergus.
Andrew, who is working on the final stages of a PhD thesis on the ethical impact of Jesus’ death, described his move to Skerry, Rathcavan and Newtowncrommelin as ‘a new and exciting phase in his ministry.’
“Broughshane is a wonderful village and we are very much looking forward to serving there. I was sad to leave Bangor but now I am itching to get started in this new parish,” he said.
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Mrs Karen Bushby
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