The Rev. Chancellor John Stewart, Rector of Derryvullan South and Garvary for the past 28 years, has announced his retirement from ministry.
Chancellor Stewart, whose home parish is St. Elizabeth’s, Dundonald, celebrated his 40th anniversary of ordination for the Church of Ireland last summer.
On Sunday  June 26, 1977, John Wesley Stewart was Ordained Deacon in Down Cathedral, by the Rt Rev. George Quinn, Bishop of Down and Dromore. John was ordained with Robert Neill and Kenneth Good (now Bishop of Derry and Raphoe). At his ordination, John had the honour of reading the Gospel.
Chancellor Stewart’s first curacy was the parish of Seagoe, Portadown, in the Diocese of Dromore with Archdeacon Jack Shearer as his Rector. He then served in Christ Church, Lisburn, where Canon Arthur Noble was Rector.
In 1985 he became Incumbent of the Ballybay Group of Parishes, Co.|Monaghan, Diocese of Clogher. In 1990 he became Incumbent of Derryvullen South and Garvary Parishes and remained in Clogher Diocese.
While in Clogher Diocese he served as Canon of Tyholland, Domestic Chaplain to Bishop Hannon, Rural Dean, examining Canon in Clogher Cathedral and until recently Glebes Secretary and Diocesan Registrar. He also served on the Standing Committee in Dublin. 
He was made Chancellor of the Diocese in 2015.