07.10.2015
The Revd Adrienne Galligan Appointed Canon of Christ Church Cathedral
The Revd Adrienne Galligan has been appointed a Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Adrienne is Rector of Rathfarnham and is the Rural Dean of Taney. She is married to Canon Paul Houston. She has been appointed to the Chapter of the Cathedral in succession to Canon David Moynan who resigned in September.
Announcing the appointment, the Dean of Christ Church, the Very Revd Dermot Dunne, said it was a delight to welcome the Revd Adrienne Galligan to the Chapter. “She brings to this foundation a rich and varied experience in ministry. Her commitment to promoting Gospel values and the development of a lived faith will deepen and enrich the life and ministry of the cathedral. A woman of independent mind and intelligence, Adrienne will bring these and many more gifts to the Chapter which is sure to be an enhanced body by her presence. A native speaker of our mother tongue, I look forward to Adrienne using this talent for the benefit of our services in the Irish language. I wish her every blessing in her ministry with us,” he commented.
Archbishop Michael Jackson congratulated Adrienne on her appointment. “The Reverend Adrienne Galligan contributes to the life of the United Dioceses from a position of personal humility and deep spiritual life. Her work in two parishes has not only commended itself to the parishioners but has enabled them and her to engage with the community with a sense of witness and adventure combined. I have every confidence that Adrienne’s faith in God centred on neighbour and community, parish and prayer will add substantially to the daily life of our diocesan cathedral. I offer her my congratulations and commend the Dean and Chapter in this appointment,” he said.
Adrienne said she was honoured by the appointment and looked forward to this new phase of her ministry. “Christ Church Cathedral was a place of worship for me personally for many years before I moved to Wicklow town and subsequently began training for ordained ministry. But apart from my personal enrichment as a member of the congregation in those years and since, the reach of the Cathedral is vast given its pivotal role in the Dioceses, and also to its many visitors, in nurturing faith and presenting all that is excellent in worship. While its history is remarkable, its intentional advocacy on behalf of the marginalized is both visionary and missional. I am enormously honoured that Archbishop Jackson and Dean Dunne have offered me this canonry in Christ Church cathedral and I look forward very much to serving the Lord and His church in this new sphere of ministry,” she stated.