A Reception for Bishop Alan Buchanan at The City Hall

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A Reception for Bishop Alan Buchanan at The City Hall

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Location

Belfast City Hall

Year

1964

Date

Production 09/10/1964

Length

17sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Bishop Alan Buchanan, the Bishop of Clogher visits Belfast City Hall and Lord Mayor Jenkins throws a reception. Also pictured is Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Chancellor of Queen’s and famous theatre director. 

Notes

Bishop Alan Buchanan was educated at Masonic Boys School and Trinity College Dublin where he graduated in history and political science in 1928. He was ordained in 1931. He served as a chaplain with military forces during the Second World War, notably parachuting into Arnhem in 1944 and being captured by the Germans. In the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek there is a serviceman's prayer card displayed which is signed by Buchanan.

He was with the Church of Ireland Mission in Belfast until 1937, after which he held incumbencies at St Cedma, Inver and St Mary, Belfast and St Comgall, Bangor. He was Bishop of Clogher from 1958 to 1969, when he became Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. He resigned in 1977 and died on 4 February 1984.

Among other things, Buchanan was known as an advocate for women's ministry.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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