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Episcopal arrangements – fit for the 21st century?

What is the remit of the Church of Ireland’s Commission on Episcopal Ministry and Structures? And what issues have been arising in the course of its work? In what follows I attempt to answer these questions, but, although I currently serve as chairman of the Commission, the views are strictly my own and should not be taken as indicating any conclusions of the Commission.

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Ethne Harkness

Lay Honorary Secretary of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland and its Standing Committee, and Chairman of the Church’s Commission on Episcopal Ministry and Structures.