NEW RECTOR FOR DRUMCONDRA AND NORTH STRAND

It was announced today that the Revd Roy Byrne has been appointed the new rector of the parish of Drumcondra and North Strand.

Born in Dublin in 1971, the Revd Roy Byrne was educated in St Patrick's Cathedral Grammar School, Dublin, Westminster College Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Theology in 1997 and the Irish School of Ecumenics, where he graduated with a Masters in Philosophy in 2000. He was ordained deacon in 1999 and priest the following year. From 1999 until 2003 he served as curate of the Christ Church Cathedral group of parishes. Since 2003 he has been Rector of the Killeshin group of parishes in counties Carlow and Laois in the Diocese of Leighlin (which is part of the United Dioceses of Cashel, Waterford, Lismore and Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin). He also holds the position of diocesan archivist of Meath and Kildare.

Speaking on his new appointment the Revd Roy Byrne said “As a Dubliner by birth I am looking forward to returning to the city but will miss life in the country and friends, colleagues and parishioners in the dioceses of Cashel and Ossory, where I have spent five very happy years. Moving to the parish of Drumcondra, North Strand and St Barnabas will bring me back to the north inner city where I spent a very happy curacy in the Christ Church group. I am looking forward immensely to this new stage in my ministry"

Roy is single and in his spare time enjoys reading, church history and gardening in moderation. As Rector of Drumcondra and North Strand, he will succeed the Revd Willie Black, who retired in late 2007.

A date has not yet been set for the Institution.

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