Patrick Rooke Explained

Patrick William Rooke was the Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry in the Church of Ireland.[1] He has formally retired on 31 October 2021.[2]

Born on 12 April 1955, he was educated at Sandford Park School and Salisbury and Wells Theological College; and ordained in 1979.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. http://tuam.anglican.org/officers/ Diocesan web-site
  2. Web site: Bishop Patrick Rooke lays up his crozier. 5 June 2021.
  3. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
  4. ‘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