Robert Desmond Harman, MA
This article was published in Trinity News on 29 January, 2008.
Robert Desmond Harman, MA
Members of Trinity News received before Christmas the sad news that another of the newspaper’s early editors had passed away. Desmond Harman, chairman of Trinity News in Hilary term, 1963, died age 66 on 18 December.
Originally from Carrick on Shannon in Co Limerick, he read Hebrew and oriental languages at Trinity. He took his BA in 1965.
He was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1967. He served as curate-assistant of Taney, Dundrum, for six years, followed by 13 years as rector of Santry and Glasnevin. In 1986 he was appointed rector of Sandford and Milltown and to several chaplaincies. In 1991 he was appointed a canon of Christ Church Cathedral. In 2004 he was appointed Dean of Christ Church Cathedral by the Archbishop of Dublin Dr John Neill, where he served until his death.
The Archdeacon of Glendalough, Edgar Swann, at the funeral Eucharist for Dean Harman, mentioned his skills, his editorial talents in particular:
“Even in College, certain skills were obvious in Desmond’s character. He became engrossed in the editorship of Trinity News, a task in which he showed great talent. It was a talent which was to come to the surface again when he became editor of the diocesan review.”
From 1981 to 2000 he was editor of the Church Review, undoubtedly drawing on his earlier experience as chairman of Trinity News. Church Review became established as one of the leading diocesan magazines in the Anglican Communion during his editorship.
He was in touch with Trinity News until recently. “I am so glad to see the present production,” he wrote last May. “It is a long way from what we did, but I suppose you have massive resources showered on you!”
Archbishop Neill paid tribute to him:
“Dean Harman’s death is a huge loss to the dioceses and the Church as a whole. He served in ministry for over 40 years and he will be remembered in every parish he served in as a gentle and caring pastor.
“For his wife Sue and their children, the loss of a loving husband and father will be profound, all the more so so close to Christmas. I have already offered my deepest sympathies and condolences both on my own behalf and on behalf of the clergy and people of the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. Our love, thoughts and prayers are with them.”
The high esteem in which Dean Harman was held in Dublin was evident at his funeral Eucharist, which was attended by the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Paddy Burke, representatives of the Taoiseach and the President, and many bishops of the Church of Ireland.
The Very Revd Robert Desmond Harman, MA. Born 1941. Died December 2007, aged 66.
Robert Desmond Harman, MA
Members of Trinity News received before Christmas the sad news that another of the newspaper’s early editors had passed away. Desmond Harman, chairman of Trinity News in Hilary term, 1963, died age 66 on 18 December.Originally from Carrick on Shannon in Co Limerick, he read Hebrew and oriental languages at Trinity. He took his BA in 1965.
He was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1967. He served as curate-assistant of Taney, Dundrum, for six years, followed by 13 years as rector of Santry and Glasnevin. In 1986 he was appointed rector of Sandford and Milltown and to several chaplaincies. In 1991 he was appointed a canon of Christ Church Cathedral. In 2004 he was appointed Dean of Christ Church Cathedral by the Archbishop of Dublin Dr John Neill, where he served until his death.
The Archdeacon of Glendalough, Edgar Swann, at the funeral Eucharist for Dean Harman, mentioned his skills, his editorial talents in particular:
“Even in College, certain skills were obvious in Desmond’s character. He became engrossed in the editorship of Trinity News, a task in which he showed great talent. It was a talent which was to come to the surface again when he became editor of the diocesan review.”
From 1981 to 2000 he was editor of the Church Review, undoubtedly drawing on his earlier experience as chairman of Trinity News. Church Review became established as one of the leading diocesan magazines in the Anglican Communion during his editorship.
He was in touch with Trinity News until recently. “I am so glad to see the present production,” he wrote last May. “It is a long way from what we did, but I suppose you have massive resources showered on you!”
Archbishop Neill paid tribute to him:
“Dean Harman’s death is a huge loss to the dioceses and the Church as a whole. He served in ministry for over 40 years and he will be remembered in every parish he served in as a gentle and caring pastor.
“For his wife Sue and their children, the loss of a loving husband and father will be profound, all the more so so close to Christmas. I have already offered my deepest sympathies and condolences both on my own behalf and on behalf of the clergy and people of the Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. Our love, thoughts and prayers are with them.”
The high esteem in which Dean Harman was held in Dublin was evident at his funeral Eucharist, which was attended by the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Paddy Burke, representatives of the Taoiseach and the President, and many bishops of the Church of Ireland.
The Very Revd Robert Desmond Harman, MA. Born 1941. Died December 2007, aged 66.
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