Bishop Niall Coll, Catholic Bishop of Ossory and Bishop Michael Burrows, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe.
The now annual meeting of representatives of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Church of Ireland House of Bishops took place at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute in Dublin on Monday, 22 September 2025. Discussions were set in the context of the sharing of worship and hospitality.
In the course of a wide-ranging discussion, topics considered included:
- perspectives on the papacy of Pope Leo XIV
- the unfolding tragedy of Gaza
- the Churches and AI
- curricular developments in primary education
Those present included:
On behalf of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference
– Bishop Niall Coll
– Bishop Larry Duffy
– Bishop Martin Hayes
– Bishop Brendan Leahy
– Bishop Gerard Nash
– Bishop Donal Roche
– Bishop Michael Router
On behalf of the House of Bishops
– Bishop Michael Burrows
– Bishop Ian Ellis
– Archbishop Michael Jackson
– Bishop Adrian Wilkinson
These meetings are held as part of an Irish response to the request some years ago from the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) that there should be regular meetings between Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops in countries where both share a parallel diocesan structure. The next such gathering will take place in Maynooth in September 2026.
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