Samuel Ferran Glenfield (born 1954) is an Irish Anglican bishop. Glenfield is the current Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.Down and Dromore
Personal life Glenfield is married to Jean, a teacher at Wesley College Dublin. They have three children.
Education and ecclesiastical career
Glenfield 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.Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing He then served incumbencies in Rathcooney, Kill O'The Grange (County Dublin) and Hillsborough.
Since Glenfield's installation he has been instrumental in reforming the administrative councils that comprise the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. He is a conservative evangelical renowned for his biblical teaching, before elevation to the episcopate.Ireland Anglican
He is a supporter of Anglican realignment. In 2014 he visited the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, which left the Episcopal Church of the United States as a result of doctrinal differences.Bishop writes about his trip to South Carolina, Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Church of Ireland Dioceses Official Website He attended GAFCON III, held on 17–22 June 2018, in Jerusalem. This move was criticized by some members of the clergy.IRELAND: Bishops' presence at Gafcon an "absolute disgrace", Virtue Online, 24 June 2018
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