Cyril Elliott was introduced to a life of religion at a very young age, participating in church daily with his father.
Elliott was an outstanding student, and while at Trinity College, he further progressed his infatuation with following in his fathers footsteps by fully engulfing himself in classes on Catholicism and early Greek and Roman thought.
These classes stimulated his mind and helped prepare Elliott for a life involved with both education and religion.
A brave asset to the war, Elliott was highly regarded on two occasions for his performance in duties under heavy shellfire.
[3] After his duty to the military was fulfilled, Elliott moved to Bangor, County Down, and then was appointed Rector of All Saints' in Belfast.
With notice of his stress, members of the parish rallied around Elliot and supported him in his creation of a Building and Appeal Fund, expressing the hope that people of all denominations would find a spiritual home in the cathedral.
He was chairman of a committee dealing with Diocesan Ordination Bursaries Fund which ensured that no one with qualifications and the vocation was debarred from the ministry for want of money.