Tom Gordon (priest)

Thomas William (Tom) Gordon (born 1957) is the current Dean of Leighlin.[1]

He was born in Portadown, educated at the University of Ulster and ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1980.[2] He began his ecclesiastical career as a Minor Canon at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. He was the Priest Vicar at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin from 1996 to 2010 when he moved to Old Leighlin.[3]

In 2011, the Very Rev Tom Gordon became the first cleric of the Church of Ireland to enter into a same-sex civil partnership, and this was welcomed by his community.[4]

References
  1. "Minister Rev Tom Gordon civil partnership 'welcomed'". Northern Ireland: BBC News. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. Crockford’s On-line accessed by subscription Thursday 31 October 2013 08:22 GMT
  3. Leighlin Parish
  4. "Minister Rev Tom Gordon civil partnership 'welcomed'". BBC News. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Frederick John Gordon Wynne		 Dean of Leighlin
2010–		 Succeeded by
Current incumbent


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