- Walton Empey
Walton Newcombe Frances Empey (born
26 October 1934 ) is a retiredChurch of Ireland clergyman and former Archbishop of Dublin.Empey was born in Dublin, the son of Reverend Francis Fullerton Empey and Mildred May ‘Mimi’ Empey (néeCox). His father was also a minister, serving in Donoughmore and Donard, Fenagh and then in
Enniscorthy , and Wlaton was educated in localnational school s in his father’s parishes, and then atPortora Royal School inEnniskillen . He then took a BA atTrinity College, Dublin in 1957.He was made a deacon in 1958, and after being ordained priest in 1959 he was appointed as a curate in St Paul's church, in
Glenageary ,County Dublin . The following year he moved toCanada , serving theAnglican Church in Canada initially inGrand Falls, New Brunswick , and then for three years as Rector ofMadawaska .He returned to Ireland in 1966, as Rector of
Stradbally ,County Laois until 1971, when he was appointed as Dean ofLimerick and Rector of Limerick City Parishes. In 1981years later he was electedBishop of Limerick and Killaloe , and in 1985 he succeededDonald Caird asBishop of Meath and Kildare . Caird had been appointed as Archbishop of Dublin, and when he retired from that role in 1996, Empey was elected as his successor, becoming Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough,Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan. He was enthroned in Christ Church Cathedral in June 1997, and retired in 2002.References
* [http://www.nui.ie/news/pdf/2004/citations/2003citations/empey.pdf. Introductory address] on Empey's receipt of an honorary DD from
University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin 10 April 2003
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