When the Electoral College of Cork, Cloyne and Ross met in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on 19th June, it elected a candidate already well known throughout that diocese. Yet the election of The Venerable Andrew Orr also marks the arrival of a distinctive voice on the Church of Ireland’s bench of bishops. Archdeacon, parish priest, school chaplain and environmental advocate, Orr brings to the episcopate a breadth of experience accumulated over more than three decades of ministry. He succeeds The Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, whose retirement earlier this year concluded 27 years of leadership in one of the Church of Ireland’s largest and most diverse dioceses. In announcing the result, The Most Reverend Michael Jackson said he was ‘delighted’ by the election and looked forward to working with the Bishop-elect. Orr spoke of ‘walking together’ with clergy and laity across the Diocese and of discerning God’s future together. Those themes of...