Ecumenical Canons installed in St Anne’s

Friday October 26th 2012

Ecumenical Canons installed in St Anne's. From left: Archdeacon Barry Dodds, the Rt Rev Alan Harper, the Rev Dr Ruth Patterson, the Rev Dr Brian Fletcher, Dean John Mann and Archdeacon Philip Patterson.Two new Ecumenical Canons were installed at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, on Sunday October 21.

The new Canons are the Rev Dr Ruth Patterson OBE, a Presbyterian Minister and Director of Restoration Ministries, and the Rev Dr Brian Fletcher, North East District Superintendent of the Methodist Church in Ireland.

They were introduced to the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev John Mann by the Ven Barry Dodds, Archdeacon of Belfast, and the Ven Philip Patterson, Archdeacon of Down.

The address was given by the Rt Rev Alan Harper, former Archbishop of Armagh.

(Photograph: Douglas Goddard)

 

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