George Davison | |
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Bishop of Connor | |
Church | Church of Ireland |
Diocese | Diocese of Connor |
In office | 2020 to present |
Predecessor | Alan Francis Abernethy |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1992 (deacon) 1993 (priest) |
Consecration | 3 September 2020 by John McDowell |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews Oak Hill College Church of Ireland Theological College |
George Thomas William Davison (born April 1965) is a priest of the Church of Ireland. [1] Since 2020, he has served as the Bishop of Connor.
Davison was born in April 1965, [2] and grew up in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. [3] He was studied theology at the University of St Andrews, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1988. [4] [5] He then attended Oak Hill College, a conservative evangelical theological college in London, and the Church of Ireland Theological College in Dublin. [4] He graduated from the latter with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1992. [5]
He was ordained as a deacon in 1992 and priest in 1993. After a curacy at Portadown he was the incumbent at Kinawley from 1995 to 2009; and Archdeacon of Kilmore from 2003 to 2009. Since 2009 he has been at St. Nicholas, Carrickfergus; and from 2013 Archdeacon of Belfast. [6]
On 17 February 2020, Davison was elected as the next Bishop of Connor. [7] He was consecrated a bishop on 3 September 2020 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, during a service conducted under Covid-19 restrictions: the congregation numbered less than thirty. [8] He was consecrated John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh, and the co-consecrators were Pat Storey and Andrew Forster. [8]
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