Patrick Rooke

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Patrick Rooke in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor Website

Patrick William Rooke (born 1955) was the Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry in the Church of Ireland. [2] He retired on 31 October 2021. [3]

Born on 12 April 1955, he was educated at Sandford Park School and Salisbury and Wells Theological College; and ordained in 1979. [4] He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Newtownabbey and Ballywillan, then held incumbencies at Craigs and Ballymore. He was Dean of Armagh from 2006 until 2011. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick Rooke crop". The Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Diocesan web-site
  3. ↑ "Bishop Patrick Rooke lays up his crozier". 5 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN   0-7151-8088-6
  5. ↑ ‘TUAM, KILLALA AND ACHONRY, Bishop of’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, Oct 2014 accessed 10 Jan 2015
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Dean of Armagh
2006–2011		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry
2011–2021		Succeeded by


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