Stephen Forde
Northern Irish clergyman
About Stephen Forde
Born 1961.
Stephen Forde (born 1961) is a Church of Ireland clergyman, and the Dean of Belfast Cathedral.
Education He was born in Banbridge and educated at Campbell College. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Dublin.
Ordained ministry Forde was ordained in the Church of Ireland as a deacon in 1986 and as a priest in 1987. After a curacy at St Mary, Crumlin Road, he was chaplain to Samuel Poyntz, the then Bishop of Connor; and also chaplain of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) from 1989 until 1995. He was the incumbent at Booterstown from 1995 to 1999, then Larne.
In 2006, Forde was appointed Archdeacon of Dalriada. He was installed as the 14th Dean of Belfast during a service on 4 February 2018.
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Northern Irish clergyman
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Stephen Forde was born in 1961 in Banbridge.
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