Gordon McMullan (1934 – 15 October 2023) was an Irish

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bishop and author.

Biography

Born in 1934 and educated at

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, he was ordained in 1963. After curacies at

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and Knock he became Central Adviser on Christian Stewardship to the

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. Later he was Bishop's Curate of St Brendan's, East Belfast, and then Incumbent of St. Columba, Knock (Down) 1976–80. Alongside his parish ministry, he served as

Archdeacon of Down The Archdeacon of Down is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Down and Dromore (in the Church of Ireland), formerly (in the Church of Ireland) the Diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore, formerly (but currently in the Catholic Chur ...

from 1979.

Episcopal ministry

From 1980 to 1986 he was

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; and from then to 1997,

Bishop of Down and Dromore The Bishop of Down and Dromore is the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Province of Armagh. The diocese is situated in the north east of Ireland, which includes all of County Down, about half of the city of Bel ...

. McMullan was elected to Down and Dromore in 1986 and resigned in January 1997. McMullan died on 15 October 2023, at the age of 89.

References

1934 births 2023 deaths Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Archdeacons of Down 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Down and Dromore Bishops of Clogher (Church of Ireland) Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub