The Most Rev Pat Storey has been enthroned at St Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare.
Bishop Storey at the door of St Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare.
It follows her enthronement in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim on Friday 6 December.
The former rector of St Augustine’s Church of Ireland in Derry has made history by becoming the first woman bishop in the Anglican Church by becoming the new Bishop of Meath and Kildare.
In her address in Kildare, Bishop Storey said she was looking to challenges that lay ahead.
She said: ‘Well, I am now almost there! I have been consecrated a fortnight ago, and enthroned in Trim Cathedral last week, and finally, last but not least, I am here with you in Kildare and I am delighted.
“It is a dawning realisation in all the ceremonial rituals that the Church of Ireland does so well, that really the work is only about to start. A consecration is a beginning and not an end!
‘Firstly, may I thank you all for your warm welcome. Earl and I were so blessed with all your good wishes and kindness through the last few weeks.
“They say that moving house and moving job are at the top of the league of stressful events in your life and we have just completed both!
“Obviously, the media attention will all die down shortly and we will be able to just get on with the job.
“But we have now very definitely moved in, moved on and are ready for a new start. We were extremely happy in Derry, and we have no doubt that we will be happy here. So thank you for your warm welcome.”
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