Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Right Reverend Michael Burrows has been appointed as Bishop-designate of the United Dioceses of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe.
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Bishop Burrows was elected by the Episcopal Electoral College on Friday.
The Church of Ireland has confirmed his translation will take place in April (1404).
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Bishop Burrows succeeds the Right Reverend Patrick Rooke and the Right Reverend Dr Kenneth Kearon who both retired at the end of October last year, at which time the two dioceses were united.
He has served as Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory since 2006, and was previously Dean of Cork, Rector of Bandon, Church of Ireland Chaplain at Trinity College Dublin, and Curate in Douglas with Frankfield.
