Brian Hannon is a retired Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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 clergyman, who was Bishop of Clogher

Bishop of Clogher

The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.-History:Clogher is one...

 from 1986 to 2001. He is also the father of the singer and songwriter Neil Hannon

Neil Hannon

Neil Hannon is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and frontman of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy...

, lead member of The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy (band)

The Divine Comedy are a chamber pop band from Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon. Formed in 1989, Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation bar drums. To date, ten studio albums have been released under the Divine...

, who wrote the theme music for the situation comedy Father Ted

Father Ted

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He was once known as "Hannon the Canon"http://www.catharton.com/rathmines/nhdc.htm.
He ministered in Derry

Derry

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 from 1969 to 1982, during the time of the Troubles

The Troubles

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. He then moved to the Church of Ireland

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 Diocese

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 of Clogher

Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland)

The Diocese of Clogher is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in the north of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. It covers a rural area on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland including much of south west Ulster, taking in most of counties Fermanagh...

, as rector

Rector

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 of the Cathedral Parish

Cathedral Parish

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 of Enniskillen

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 in County Fermanagh

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, Northern Ireland

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, and he went on to become Bishop in 1986.

He retired as Bishop of Clogher on October 5, 2001, his sixty-fifth birthday. On November 21, the Church of Ireland House of Bishops

House of Bishops

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 met in Dublin, where they elected his successor, Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (Anglican bishop)

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Church of Ireland press releases

• "Clogher Diocese Says Farewell To Retiring Bishop" - (October 2001) on Hannon's retirement
• "Church of Ireland to Elect New Bishop of Clogher" (November 5, 2001) - on the election of Hannon's successor
• "New Bishop of Clogher" (November 21, 2001) - announcing Hannon's successor