The Episcopal Electoral College for Meath and Kildare, meeting today in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, failed to appoint a new Bishop. The decision now passes to the House of Bishops.
Welsey College, Sligo Grammar, Ashton College and Killenny College. All winners in Comórtas Bedell
A new Electoral College has now been called and is scheduled to take place on 28 May 2013.
The decision in recent days by Archdeacon Leslie Stevenson to decline consecration as a bishop has come as a shock to many people within the Church of Ireland and beyond.
The Ven. Leslie Stevenson has decided to decline his appointment as Bishop of Meath & Kildare. The Consecration scheduled for Wednesday 1st May 2013 in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, will, therefore, no longer take place.
The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke offered a personal reflection at a special NI Hospice service in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast today, Sunday 28th April.
The Board for Social Theology in Action, mindful of the debate due to take place at Stormont on Monday 29th April on same–sex marriage, wishes to reflect the stated position of the Church of Ireland on marriage.
Almost three decades of Northern Ireland Hospice care will be celebrated at a special service in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast on Sunday 28th April at 3.30pm.