Kenneth Kearon
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The Right Reverend Kenneth Kearon |
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| Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe | |
| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Diocese | Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe |
| Predecessor | Trevor Williams |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1981 (deacon) 1982 (priest) |
| Consecration | 24 January 2015 by Michael Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 October 1953 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Jennifer Kearon |
| Alma mater | |
Kenneth Arthur Kearon (born 4 October 1953) is an Irish Anglican bishop. He is the incumbent Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland.
Kearon was born on 4 October 1953 in Dublin, Ireland. He attended Mountjoy School and Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1975; he also studied at the Church of Ireland Theological College and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was conferred with a M.Phil. in 1992 following study at the Irish School of Ecumenics.
Kearon was ordained in the Church of Ireland as a deacon in 1981 and as a priest in 1982. He served in the parishes of St. John's, Coolock, All Saints, Rahney, and as Rector of Tullow, from 1991 until 1999. In recent years he has served as Canon in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
Kearon became Director of the Irish School of Ecumenics serving from 1999 until 2005. He was Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council of the Anglican Communion, from 2004 to 2014.
In September 2014, it was announced that Kearon bad been elected as the next Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe. On 24 January 2015, he was consecrated a bishop during a service at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. The principal consecrator was Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin, and the co-consecrators were Pat Storey, Bishop of Meath and Kildare, and Patrick Rooke, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry.
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