Kenneth Arthur Kearon (born 4 October 1953) is an Irish Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland.^[1][2]

Kearon was born on 4 October 1953 in Dublin, Ireland.^[3] He attended Mountjoy School and Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1975, incepting M.A. in 1979. He was also a student at the Church of Ireland Theological College and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was conferred with a M.Phil. in 1992 following study at the Irish School of Ecumenics.^[4]

Kearon was ordained in the Church of Ireland as a deacon in 1981 and as a priest in 1982.^[5] He served in the parishes of St. John's, Coolock, All Saints, Raheny, and as Rector of Tullow, from 1991 until 1999. In recent years he has served as Canon in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.

Kearon became Director of the Irish School of Ecumenics serving from 1999 until 2005. He was Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council, from his commissioning on 18 January 2005^[6] until late 2014. During this time he courted controversy by suggesting in an email that he believed Archbishop Rowan Williams was 'fostering schism'.^[7]

In 1978, Kearon married Jennifer Poyntz.^[3] As such, his father-in-law is Samuel Poyntz.^[9] They have three daughters.^[15]

Kearon holds honorary degrees from General Theological Seminary (2006),^[16] and Berkeley Divinity School (2015).^[17]

Despite his highest earned degree being M.Phil. from Trinity College Dublin, Kearon is often referred to as the Rt Revd Dr.^[18]

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