Irish Primates help to install Methodist President
In place: the Revd Peter Murray, at his installation
as President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, last week
In place: the Revd Peter Murray, at his installation
as President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, last week
BOTH Primates of the Church of Ireland participated in the
installation of the new Methodist President - the first joint
ceremony between the two Churches since the ratification of the
Anglican-Methodist Covenant at the recent C of I General Synod (News, 16 May).
The Archbishop of Armagh, Dr Richard Clarke, and the Archbishop
of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, joined the Bishop of Down &
Dromore, the Rt Revd Harold Miller, to take part in the
installation of the Revd Peter Murray at Christ Church, Leeson
Park, in Dublin, on Wednesday of last week.
Ratification of the Covenant by both Churches means that all
future installations of Methodist presidents will involve Anglican
episcopal participation, and the installation of Anglican bishops
will involve Methodists.
The legislation in the Covenant could mean that Methodist
ministers would be eligible for positions in the ministry of the
Church of Ireland.
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