 During her time there, however, the parish amalgamated with the local parish of St. Barnabas in 1992 and stands today as the parish church of St. Paul and St. Barnabas, York Street.Along with the late Irene Templeton, Brown was ordained by Samuel Poyntz, Bishop of Connor, on 24 June 1990.In 2000 she was made a Canon of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast.