Meet the bishop who finds spiritual value in tweets

YOU know the chat is going to be lively when the Bishop of Cork responds to an apology for being early with a mischievous retort.

“Don’t worry in the least,” says the Right Reverend Paul Colton. “It gave me an excuse to get rid of the Dean.”

He waves me into the entrance hallway of the modestly proportioned Georgian mansion opposite St Fin Barre’s Cathedral that has been home to Church of Ireland bishops since the 18th century. It is painted a summery primrose with a giant fanlight that floods it with morning sunshine.