Down Cathedral Bill passes at General Synod
The second reading of the Bill concerning Down Cathedral was passed on the first morning of General Synod. It will come before the Synod again on Saturday 10 May.
The Bill, proposed by Dean Henry Hull was seconded by Bishop Harold Miller. It seeks to revise, amend and consolidate the provisions of earlier legislation relating to the regulation and management of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Downpatrick and to make provision for the appointment by the Bishop of Down of two Ecumenical Canons of the said Cathedral.
The General Synod also elected a new Clerical Honorary Secretary, Revd Gillian Wharton (below right) who replaces Archdeacon Robin Bantry White.