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Rector of Christ Church, St Lucia and Archdeacon of Oxley

The Ven. Michael Faragher

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The Ven. Michael Faragher is Rector of Christ Church, St Lucia and Archdeacon of Oxley. He has a BMus (Hons), a MMus, a MEd a GradDipTheol and a DipAngOrd FTCL.

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Articles by The Ven. Michael

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'The Bishop’s eye'

“The function or purpose of the office has often been described metaphorically as that of oculus episcopi, the ‘Bishop’s eye’; or sometimes, in modern parlance, by those with a more jaundiced view, as the ‘Bishop’s Rottweiler’,” says The Ven. Michael Faragher in this touching and humorous account of the origins and functions of the Archdeacon role