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Patrick Rooke

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Patrick William Rooke is the current Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry.[1]

Born on 12 April 1955, he was educated at Sandford Park School and Salisbury and Wells Theological College; and ordained in 1979.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Diocesan web-site
  2. ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  3. ^ ‘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–
Succeeded by