Spoken style My Lord | Religious style Bishop Name Ferran Glenfield | |
Reference style The Right Reverend | ||
Samuel Ferran Glenfield, B.A., M.A., M.Th. (Oxon:), M.Litt., Ph.D (Warwick), (born 1954), is the current Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.
He is married to Jean, a teacher at Wesley College Dublin. The couple have 3 children, Michael, Richard and Esther. Michael studied at St. Andrew's University before going on to work as a teacher in Bristol. Richard studied at the Irish Baptist College and has worked in churches in Hillsborough and South Carolina. Esther graduated with a first from Queen's College, Cambridge, and currently resides in Liverpool.
He was educated at Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1992. His first post was a curacy at Douglas, County Cork. He then served incumbencies in Rathcooney, Kill O'The Grange (County Dublin) and Hillsborough
Since his installation Bishop Ferran has been instrumental in reforming the administrative councils that comprise Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. He is a conservative evangelical who is renowned for his biblical teaching. before elevation to the Episcopate.