Seagoe parish | |
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St Gobhan's parish | |
Location | Seagoe Road, Portadown |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Denomination | Church of Ireland |
Churchmanship | Low Church |
Website | seagoe.co.uk |
History | |
Founded | 540 A.D 1660 1814 |
Founder(s) | St Gobhan |
Consecrated | 28 June 1816 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Thomas Drew |
Architectural type | Gothic |
Administration | |
Province | Armagh |
Archdiocese | Dromore |
Diocese | Down and Dromore |
Deanery | Clanbrassil |
Parish | Seagoe |
Clergy | |
Rector | Revd Canon Terence Cadden |
Dean | Canon Gareth Harron |
Curate(s) | Revd Canon Raj Sathyaraj Revd Stuart Moles |
Archdeacon | Venerable Roderic West |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Tom Patterson |
Organist(s) | Alison Cadden |
Seagoe parish or St Gobhan's parish is an ecclesiastical parish of the Church of Ireland that is located in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is on one of the oldest recorded sites of Christianity in Ireland. Christian links to the area date back to the early 500 AD's. It was founded by St. Gobhan.[1]
The current rector is Terence Cadden, having been installed in 2006.[2] The current rector's predecessor is David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.[3] Another previous rector was Jack Shearer, who later became the Dean of Belfast.