Alan Abernethy

The Right Reverend
Alan Abernethy
Bishop of Connor
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born 12 April 1957
Nationality Irish
Spouse(s) Liz née Forster
Alma mater Grosvenor High School, Belfast; Queen's University Belfast; Trinity College, Dublin
Religion Church of Ireland

Alan Francis Abernethy [1] is the current Bishop of Connor.[2]

Born on 12 April 1957,[3] educated at Grosvenor High School, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1981,[4] he began his career as Assistant Curate at St Elizabeth’s, Dundonald.[5] After a similar post at Lecale he was Officiating Chaplain at RAF Bishopscourt.[6] He was Rector at St John’s, Helen's Bay, from 1987 to 1990[7] and then at St Columbanus, Ballyholme,[8] until his elevation to the Episcopate in 2007.

Notes

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Alan Harper
Bishop of Connor
2007
Succeeded by


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