Former local curate to be a Bishop

Former Ballymena curate, the Revd Pat Storey is the new Bishop of Meath and Kildare, to succeed The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, who is now Archbishop of Armagh.
Rev. Pat Storey, rector, with the ladies who provided  tea at Augustines annual Coffee Morning.  From left are Pamela Boyd, Elizabeth Montgomery, Helen Armstrong, Julie Bell and Lorna Ross. LS4611-510MT.Rev. Pat Storey, rector, with the ladies who provided  tea at Augustines annual Coffee Morning.  From left are Pamela Boyd, Elizabeth Montgomery, Helen Armstrong, Julie Bell and Lorna Ross. LS4611-510MT.
Rev. Pat Storey, rector, with the ladies who provided tea at Augustines annual Coffee Morning. From left are Pamela Boyd, Elizabeth Montgomery, Helen Armstrong, Julie Bell and Lorna Ross. LS4611-510MT.

The appointment of the new bishop had passed to the House of Bishops as the Episcopal Electoral College which met on 28 May failed to appoint a Bishop of Meath and Kildare dioceses.

The Revd Storey is currently Rector of St Augustine’s Parish Church, Londonderry.

Revd Storey said: ‘I am both excited and daunted by this new adventure in our lives. , I count it an enormous privilege to begin a new phase of my ministry with the people of Meath and Kildare.”

Revd Storey (53) has been Rector of St Augustine’s, Londonderry (Derry and Raphoe) since 2004. She is married to the Revd Earl Storey and has two adult children, Carolyn and Luke, and a son-in-law Peter.

Having grown up in Belfast she was ordained deacon in 1997 and priest in 1998. She served a Curacy in Ballymena (Connor) and was a Team Vicar in Glenavy (Connor) and a part-time Youth Worker Co-ordinator with the Church of Ireland Youth Department. Among Central Church participation.

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