17.05.2008
Institution of the Revd Andrew McCroskery
The Institution of the Revd Andrew McCroskery as Vicar of St Bartholomew's Church, Clyde Road will take place at 8pm on Monday 19 May at the Church. The Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr John Neill will preside at the service. The Archdeacon of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Venerable Robin Bantry-White will preach.
The Revd Andrew McCroskery, who is single, was born in 1974 in Northern Ireland and educated in Glasgow University where he graduated with a Bachelor in Divinity in 1996 and Trinity College Dublin where he graduated with an MPhil in 1999. He was ordained a Deacon in 1999 and a Priest the following year. He served as Curate in the parish of St Mark’s, Newtownards in the Diocese of Down and Dromore from 1999 to 2002 and as Dean’s Vicar in St Finbarr’s Cathedral in Cork from 2002 to 2004. Since 2004 he has served as Rector of Youghal, Co Cork in the Diocese of Cloyne. He has been a Minor Canon of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral and Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Cork since 2003 and the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Liturgical Officer from 2006.
St Bartholomew's Church on Clyde Road was consecrated in 1867 and is well known for its fine music and high-church Anglican liturgical tradition.
The service will be attended by local public representatives and clergy from both the Church of Ireland and other Christian churches. Following the service, there will be a reception in the nearby Church hall.