	White was educated at Queen's University Belfast, Hull University and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1986 and began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Redcar. He was the incumbent at Gweedore from 1998 until 1992; Dean of Raphoe from 1992 until 2002; and Dean of Killaloe and Clonfert from 2002 until 2012. Between 2011 and 2012 he was Chancellor of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland.