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Bishop Colton is involved either as Patron or in other ways in 20 primary schools and 3 second-level schools in County Cork
File photo of Bishop and Cathedral
As schools have reached the end of a challenging and demanding academic term before Christmas, and as 2020 heads towards its close, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Paul Colton, has singled the education work of the Diocese and everyone involved in it, for special mention, praise and thanks.
Everyone involved in running our schools in these extraordinarily demanding times is truly a frontline worker’ he said. ‘I am thinking not only of principals and teachers, but also of special needs assistants, secretarial, maintenance and cleaning staff, local clergy, as well as the voluntary support given by members of Boards of Management and Parents’ Associations. Without the huge extra effort being put in by all these people our schools would not be open. I have seen it first hand in my o