The new rector of Killyleagh, Revd Colin Darling, has followed in the footsteps of his maternal grandfather, Revd Stanley Mann, who was rector of the parish from 1935–1962.
“It feels very sentimental to go to a place where my grandfather on my mother’s side was rector for 28 years from the mid 1930s,” said Colin (pictured above at centre). “I followed the course of ordained ministry only in later life and there is a little sadness that I didn’t respond earlier to God’s call. Because of that, I would say the chances of me serving in Killyleagh as long as my…
