Adrian Mark Wilkinson is an
Irish Anglican priest
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: he is the current
Archdeacon of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
The Archdeacon of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Diocese. The current incum ...
.
Wilkinson was born in 1968, educated at
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 ...
,
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland ...
(
NUI) training as a teacher and trained for ministry, at the
. He was
ordained
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in 1994 He was
curate
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at
Douglas, County Cork from 1994 to 1997; the
incumbent
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at
Dunboyne
Dunboyne () is a town in Meath, Ireland. It is a commuter town for Dublin. In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 censuses, the population of Dunboyne more than doubled from 3,080 to 7,272 inhabitants.
Location
Dunboyne is centred on the c ...
from 1997 to 2002 and a
Minor canon
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Minor canons are clergy and take part in the daily services but are not part of t ...
at
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Saint Patrick's Cathedral ( ir, Ard-Eaglais Naomh Pádraig) in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cat ...
from 1997 to 2002; and then back to
Douglas
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People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
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. He was appointed as
Archdeacon
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in 2014.
Ireland Anglican
/ref> He served as Chaplain at NUI Maynooth, where he completed an MA, he also completed, further study with the University of Wales.
He was elected bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory on 23 June 2022. He had spent his childhood years in that diocese.
References
1968 births
Living people
Archdeacons of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Alumni of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute
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