The Church of Ireland has announced a number of senior appointments in the Diocese of Armagh.
Canon Shane Forster to be Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh and Keeper of the Robinson Library.
The Rev Elizabeth Cairns to be Archdeacon of Ardboe, with immediate effect.
Canon Forster will be installed on 14 February 2021 and Rev Cairns is also expected to be installed as a member of the Cathedral body on that date.
On his appointment, Canon Forster will relinquish the Armagh Diocesan Prebendal stall in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
He will be succeeded by the Rev Malcolm Kingston, rector of St Mark’s Armagh, as Prebendary of Yagoe in the Cathedral.
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Rev John McDowell has welcomed Canon Forster's acceptance of the invitation to take up the senior position within the cathedral and diocese.
