The Rt Revd Michael Burrows (25972944905) (cropped)

Michael Andrew James Burrows (born 1961) is a

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

in the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...

. He was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe on 14 January 2022, having previously served as Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.

Life

Bishop Burrows is the son of a Church of Ireland clergyman. He was educated at Wesley College, Dublin and

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

and ordained as a priest in the

in 1988. He was appointed

Dean of Cork Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral ( ga, Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra) is a Gothic Revival three-spire Church of Ireland cathedral in the city of Cork. It is located on the south bank of the River Lee and dedicated to Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of ...

at the Cathedral Church of St Fin Barre in 2002.Church of Ireland - Cashel & Ossory
/ref> He was elected

Bishop of Cashel and Ossory The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory (''Full title'': Bishop of Cashel, County Tipperary, Cashel, Waterford and Lismore, County Waterford, Lismore with Kilkenny#Kingdom of Osraige, Ossory, Ferns, County Wexford, Ferns and Old Leighlin, Leighlin) is th ...

on 31 March 2006 and consecrated at

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Christ Church Cathedral, more formally The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the ( ...

on 3 July 2006. He replaced the Right Reverend Peter Barrett, who resigned as bishop following the breakdown of his marriage. He is married and has four children. He is described as liberal and a supporter of same-sex unions.

References

External links

Diocese of Cashel and Ossory
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burrows, Michael Bishops of Cashel and Ossory 1961 births Living people Deans of Cork People educated at Wesley College, Dublin Alumni of Trinity College Dublin