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04/10/2012
New All-Ireland Primate Elected
Bishop Richard Clarke has been elected as the new Primate of All-Ireland.
The Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare has been selected to take over from archbishop Alan Harper, who has retired after five years in the role.
63-year-old Dr Clarke is due to take up his new post in December.
A widowed father of two from Dublin, he is the 105th in the succession of abbots, bishops and archbishops of Armagh since St Patrick.
Dr Clarke was educated at Wesley College, Dublin and later attended Trinity College, Dublin and King's College, London, where he studied history and theology.
The House of Bishops stated his election would take effect from 15 December; also the date of the bishop's translation and enthronement in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh.
Dr Clarke exclaimed: "I look forward to fresh challenges and joys, along with new friendships and discoveries, in the phase of ministry in the gospel that now lies ahead, both in the Diocese of Armagh and within the wider fellowship of the Church of Ireland and beyond."
Dr Clarke was selected by the 11 members of the Church of Ireland's House of Bishops, excluding Bishop Harper.
His appointment has been welcomed by the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Reverend Kenneth Lindsay.
Commenting on Dr Clarke’s appointment, he said: "On behalf of the Methodist people of Ireland I pray God's richest blessing upon him as he enters into a new stage of his ministry."
(IT/GK)
The Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare has been selected to take over from archbishop Alan Harper, who has retired after five years in the role.
63-year-old Dr Clarke is due to take up his new post in December.
A widowed father of two from Dublin, he is the 105th in the succession of abbots, bishops and archbishops of Armagh since St Patrick.
Dr Clarke was educated at Wesley College, Dublin and later attended Trinity College, Dublin and King's College, London, where he studied history and theology.
The House of Bishops stated his election would take effect from 15 December; also the date of the bishop's translation and enthronement in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh.
Dr Clarke exclaimed: "I look forward to fresh challenges and joys, along with new friendships and discoveries, in the phase of ministry in the gospel that now lies ahead, both in the Diocese of Armagh and within the wider fellowship of the Church of Ireland and beyond."
Dr Clarke was selected by the 11 members of the Church of Ireland's House of Bishops, excluding Bishop Harper.
His appointment has been welcomed by the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Reverend Kenneth Lindsay.
Commenting on Dr Clarke’s appointment, he said: "On behalf of the Methodist people of Ireland I pray God's richest blessing upon him as he enters into a new stage of his ministry."
(IT/GK)
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