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- ↑ Example assembly record addressing the serving moderator as Rt. Rev. is Session 8, 2006 (doc format). Retrieved 2 September 2006.
- ↑ Example listing all living former moderators and describing them as Very Rev. is 2007 Directory, page 124. Retrieved 3 January 2017
- ↑ "Dublin minister to be next Moderator". Presbyterian Church in Ireland. 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
