Seagoe parish

Seagoe parish
St Gobhan's parish
Seagoe Parish Church, 2007
(prior to the building of the Parish Centre)
Map
LocationSeagoe Road, Portadown
CountryNorthern Ireland
DenominationChurch of Ireland
ChurchmanshipLow Church
Websiteseagoe.co.uk
History
Founded540 A.D
1660
1814
Founder(s)St Gobhan
Consecrated28 June 1816
Architecture
Architect(s)Thomas Drew
Architectural typeGothic
Administration
ProvinceArmagh
ArchdioceseDromore
DioceseDown and Dromore
DeaneryClanbrassil
ParishSeagoe
Clergy
RectorRevd Canon Terence Cadden
DeanCanon Gareth Harron
Curate(s)Revd Canon Raj Sathyaraj
Revd Stuart Moles
ArchdeaconVenerable 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.

  1. ^ "History - Seagoe Parish". Seagoe Parish Church. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Rev Terence Cadden installed as Precentor in Dromore Cathedral". Diocese of Down and Dromore. 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Church of Ireland Notes from The Irish Times". Church of Ireland. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2017.