20.01.2015
Consecration of the Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon as Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe
The Consecration of the Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon (pictured) as the new Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe to take place in Christ Church Cathedral this Saturday at 2.30 pm, on the Eve of the Conversion of St Paul. No tickets needed and all are welcome to attend.
The consecration will bring together a large number of attendees from the wider Anglican Communion. The service will be led by the Archbishop of Dublin, The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, and the preacher will be The Most Revd Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales and Llandaff. The Service will be sung by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral who will sing Mozart’s Coronation Mass.
Canon Kearon has been a member of the Chapter of Christ Church Cathedral since 1995 and served as chancellor since 2002. He has also been secretary general of the Anglican Communion since 2005. In September, 2014, he was elected Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe following a meeting of the Episcopal Electoral College which took place at Christ Church Cathedral, succeeding The Right Rev Trevor Williams who retired in July, 2014.
Born in Dublin in 1953, he attended Mountjoy School and Trinity College where he studied Philosophy. Following further study at Cambridge and in Dublin, he was ordained a priest in 1982 and served as curate in All Saints Raheny and St John’s Coolock before his appointment as dean of residence at Trinity College Dublin. In 1991 he became rector of Tullow before becoming director of the Irish School of Ecumenics in 1999. Canon Kearon is married to Jennifer and they have three daughters.