THE NEW CHURCH OF IRELAND BISHOP OF TUAM, KILLALA AND ACHONRY PATRICK ROOKE WILL BE ENTHRONED IN KILLALA CATHEDRAL THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 PM.
BISHOP ROOKE WAS ORDAINED AND CONSECRATED BISHOP OF THE TUAM, KILLALA, ACHONRY DIOCESE AT ST PATRICK’S CHURCH OF IRELAND CATHEDRAL IN ARMAGH LAST MONTH, AND THEN HE AND HIS FAMILY TOOK UP RESIDENCE AT THE NEW BISHOP’S HOUSE IN CLAREGALWAY, AFTER SPENDING OVER 30 YEARS WORKING IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
BISHOP ROOKE WAS ENTHRONED IN ST MARY’S CHURCH OF IRELAND CATHEDRAL IN TUAM EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND IT’S THE TURN OF KILLALA CATHEDRAL THIS AFTERNOON….