The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, Bishop of Meath and Kildare, has been elected Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland by the House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland, following the retirement of Archbishop Alan Harper on 30 September.
Making the announcement in St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, the Archbishop designate said: ”˜I would like first to express my sincere gratitude for the huge trust that my fellow”“bishops have placed in me by appointing me to the Archbishopric of Armagh. I truly feel neither worthy of the heritage into which I am to enter nor adequate for the tasks that lie ahead. The God of Christian belief is, however, a God of grace rather than a god who looks for human self”“sufficiency. All I can pledge is that I will give this task the very best of which I am capable, and the prayer of all of us must be that God in his grace will enable some good to come from this.’
My choices would have Bp Harold Miller of Down and Dromore and then Bp Ken “Fanta” Clarke nonetheless prayers and blessings upon Abp Clarke
The Church of Ireland is gerrymandered. Most Anglicans live in the north but the southern liberal dioceses control the voting.