Patrick William Rooke was the Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry in the Church of Ireland.[2] He has formally retired on 31 October 2021.[3]
Born on 12 April 1955, he was educated at Sandford Park School and Salisbury and Wells Theological College; and ordained in 1979.[4] He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Newtownabbey and Ballywillan, then held incumbencies at Craigs and Ballymore. He was Dean of Armagh from 2006 until 2011.[5]
- ^ "Patrick Rooke crop". The Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Diocesan web-site
- ^ "Bishop Patrick Rooke lays up his crozier". 5 June 2021.
- ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ^ ‘TUAM, KILLALA AND ACHONRY, Bishop of’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, Oct 2014 accessed 10 Jan 2015