The Most Reverend John Robert Winder Neill (born December 17, 1945) is Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough and Primate of Ireland. He is the fourth generation of his family to become a clergyman. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... Primate of Ireland is a title possessed by the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland (Anglican) Archbishops of Dublin. ...

He was educated at Avoca School Blackrock County Dublin, Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin, University of Dublin, Jesus College and Ridley Hall Cambridge England.. He became a deacon in 1969; a priest in 1970 and a bishop in 1986. Sandford Park School is a private, non-denominational secondary school for boys, located in the inner suburb of Ranelagh in Dublin, Ireland. ... The University of Dublin, located in Dublin, Ireland, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, making it Irelands oldest university. ... There are at least two instutions bearing the name Jesus College. ... Ridley Hall is a theological college in Cambridge in the United Kingdom which trains intending ministers for the Church of England External links Ridley Hall site Cambridge Theological Federation site Categories: University stubs ...

John Neill has served as a member of the Governing Body of University College Galway (1986-97) and on the Academic Council of the Irish School of Ecumenics. He has been prominent in promoting ecumenical relations as President of the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland (1990-94), President of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (1999-2002) and Anglican Chairman of Porvoo Contact Group from 1998. He is a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) (Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh) can trace its existence to 1845 as Queens College, Galway and was known until recently as University College, Galway (UCG) and is located in Galway, Ireland. ... The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the principal international Christian ecumenical organization. ...

At the Lambeth Conference in 1988 he proposed all the approved resolutions in respect of Women in the Episcopate and was chairman of the Church of Ireland General Synod Committee on Ordination of Women (1988-91). The Lambeth Conferences was the name given to the periodical assemblies of bishops of the Anglican Communion (Pan-Anglican synods), which since 1867 have met at Lambeth Palace, the London residence of the archbishop of Canterbury. ...

He has served on many central committees of the Church of Ireland covering issues such as liturgical reform, education, communications, ministry, Christian unity and synodical structures. He was co-founder and chairman of the Church of Ireland/Methodist Church Joint Theological Working Party.

John is married to Betty and they have three sons, Reverend Canon Stephen who is Rector of Cloughjordan County Tipperary, Andrew a member of the Garda (the Irish police force) and Peter, an IT Consultant. County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ...

Pastoral Career Highlights

• 1969 - 1971 Curate of St Paul's Glenageary Dublin
• 1971 - 1974 Bishop's Vicar, Diocesan Registrar and Librarian, St Canice's Cathedral, Ossory
• 1974 - 1978 Incumbent of Abbeystrewry Union (Ross)
• 1978 - 1984 St Bartholomew's with Christ Church Leeson Park (Dublin)
• 1984 - 1986 Archdeacon of Waterford
• January 6, 1986 Bishop of Tuam, Killalla and Achonry
• April 23, 1997 Bishop of Cashel, Waterford, Lismore, Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin
• August 29, 2002 Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland

1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Glenageary (Gleann na gCaorach in Irish, meaning Glen of the Sheep) is an area in the suburbs of South County Dublin, Ireland; officially part of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county council area. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

External links

• United Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough
• Church of Ireland
• Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
• St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin