Behind the Name
Every month , StOM prints the Anglican Calendar of Prayer , but have you ever thought about what or who lies behind the name and place specified every Sunday ?
In each issue , we will feature some information about some of the people / places for whom your prayers are being asked .
Archbishop Richard Clarke was born in Dublin in 1949 .
He studied history and political science at Trinity College Dublin and later theology at King ’ s College , London , where he also met his future wife , Linda , who sadly died in 2009 . He was made deacon for the curacy of Hollywood Co Down , and , in 1977 , returned to Dublin to the curacy of St Bartholomew ’ s with Christ Church Leeson Park .
A series of appointments later , he was elected Bishop of Meath and Kildare , He has a particular commitment to the search for Christian unity .
Archbishop Richard holds a doctorate from the University of Dublin and is a prolific writer on theological and historical matters .
Archbishop Richard became Archbishop of Armagh and Primate in December 2012 .
He has two children , Nicholas ( Nick ) and Lindsey who are both medical doctors , as is his daughter-in-law , Marianne .
The archbishop lists his recreations as poetry , biography and music , both classical and jazz , and he follows rugby , cricket ( Worcestershire , from where Linda came originally ), motor-racing and a North London football club whose twenty-first century stadium was sponsored by a certain Arabian airline .
When he came to Armagh , Archbishop Richard said that he hoped to encourage the Church to become a community of disciples where every member of the Church would regard himself or herself as a " front-line evangelist ".
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