The Revd Patrick Comerford

BD, Dip Ecum, FRSAI
Director of Spiritual Formation

Patrick Comerford studied journalism in Japan and theology at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Milltown, and the Kimmage Mission Institute, and holds a BD from Maynooth and a Postgraduate Diploma in Ecumenics from Trinity College Dublin.

A former journalist, he was Foreign Desk Editor of The Irish Times for eight years, and more recently was the Regional Co-ordinator of the Church Mission Society Ireland. He is a contributor to Christianity (2001), The Laity and the Church of Ireland, 1000-2000 (2002), Untold Stories (2002), and the Encyclopaedia of Ireland (2003). His research interests include mission theology, Christian-Muslim relations and Orthodox spirituality.