Patrick Rooke
Appearance
Patrick William Rooke is the current Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry,[1] He has announced his intention to retire on 31 October 2021. [2]
Born on 12 April 1955, he was educated at Sandford Park School and Salisbury and Wells Theological College; and ordained in 1979.[3] 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.[4]
References
- ^ Diocesan web-site
- ^ https://galwaybayfm.ie/galway-bay-fm-news-desk/the-retirement-is-announced-of-the-church-of-ireland-bishop-of-tuam-killala-and-achonry-patrick-rooke/
- ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ ‘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