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Dean Of Ossory
The Dean of Ossory or Dean of Kilkenny is based at St Canice's Cathedral, The Cathedral Church of St Canice, Kilkenny in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland. The current Dean is the Very Reverend Stephen Farrell, formerly Rector of Zion parish, Rathgar, Dublin and Provincial and Diocesan Registrar for the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. List of deans of Ossory *1547–1552 James Bicton *1552–1555 Thomas Lancaster (also Bishop of Kildare, deprived 1555) *1559–1581 William Johnson *1582 David Cleere *1603–1610 Richard Deane (afterwards Bishop of Ossory *1610–1612 John Todd (also Bishop of Down and Connor 1607–1612) *1612 Barnabas Boulger *1617 Absolom Gethin *1621 Jenkin Mayes *1626–1661 Edward Warren (Dean), Edward Warren *1661–1661 Charles Curren *1661–1666 Thomas Ledisham (afterwards Dean of Waterford) *1666–1667/8 Daniel Neyland *1667/8 Joseph Teate *1670/1-1673 Thomas Hill *1673/4-1674/5 Benjamin Parry (afterwards Dean of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Canice's Cathedral
St Canice's Cathedral (, ), also known as Kilkenny Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Kilkenny city, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland), Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory, Diocese of Ossory, it is now one of six cathedrals in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory, United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory. History The present building dates from the 13th century and is the second longest cathedral in Ireland, after St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Beside the cathedral stands a 9th-century round tower. St Canice's tower is an example of a well-preserved 9th-century "Celtic Christian" Irish round tower, round tower. It is dedicated to Cainnech of Aghaboe, St Canice. It is one of only three such medieval round towers in Ireland that can still be climbed to the top, the other two being Kildare Cathedral, Kildare Round Tower in Kildare Town and Devenish Island, Devenish Round Tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mossom (priest)
Robert Mossom, grandson of Robert Mossom, Bishop of Derry and Professor of Divinity at Trinity College, Dublin, was Dean of Ossory from 1703 until 1747: he was also Vicar general of the diocese."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 1" Cotton, H p47/48: Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ..., Hodges, 1848 Notes Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Ossory {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Limerick, Ardfert And Aghadoe
The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary (officer), Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Ecclesiastical province, Province of Archbishop of Cashel, Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland), Province of Dublin. History The title was formed by the union of the see of Bishop of Limerick, Limerick and the see of Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1661. The united see consisted of most of County Limerick, all of County Kerry and a small part of County Cork. The bishop's seat (Cathedra) was located at the St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, Cathedral Church of St Mary, Limerick. In 1976, Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe combined with Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert, Killaloe and Clonfert to form the united see of Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe, Limerick and Killaloe. This area, however, still has its own discrete officer, the Archdeacon of Limerick, Ardfert and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Caird
Donald Arthur Richard Caird (11 December 1925 – 1 June 2017) was an Irish bishop who held three senior posts in the Church of Ireland during the last third of the 20th century. He was born in Dublin and educated at Wesley College and Trinity College in his native city studying Mental and Moral Science (Philosophy) where he won a scholarship in 1948 and graduated in 1949. He was ordained in 1950. He began his career at St Mark's, Dundela, Belfast. He was Chaplain and an Assistant Master at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen until 1957. He was a lecturer in philosophy at University College of St David's, Lampeter. He was Rector of Rathmichael Parish, Shankill, Dublin and a lecturer in the philosophy of religion at the Church of Ireland Theological College, Dublin. From 1969 to 1970 he was Dean of Ossory when he was ordained to the episcopate as the last Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, a post he held until 1976. He was translated to the Diocese of Meath and Kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Meath
The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Until the early twelfth century, the Kingdom of Meath had been divided into eight small monastic episcopal sees, which were located at Clonard, Duleek, Kells, Trim, Ardbraccan, Dunshaughlin, Slane, and Fore. By the time of the Synod of Rathbreasail, held in 1111, the last five had been united to the see of Clonard. Duleek was still recognized as a separate bishopric at the Synod of Kells, held in 1152, but disappeared not long after that date. The see of Kells was ruled together with Breifne (later Kilmore) in the second half of the twelfth century, but after 1211 Kells was incorporated into the diocese of Meath. During the twelfth century, the bishops of Clonard were frequently called the "bishop of Meath" or "bishop of the men of Meath". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pike (bishop)
Robert Bonsall Pike was Bishop of Meath from 1959 until his death on 27 December 1973. Born on 19 October 1905, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1930Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 he began his career with a curacy at Drumcree. He was then Curate-in-charge of Aghavilly. He married H. K. Joan Moffat Wilson (1917-2005) on 21 April 1938 at St Brigid's Church, Stillorgan. He held incumbencies at Maryborough, Ballyfin, and Dysart Enos, was Rural Dean of Aghade and then Dean of Ossory (1957–1959) before his ordination to the episcopate A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role .... Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Pike, Robert Bonsall 1905 births 1973 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Ossory Anglican bishops of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Ossory, Ferns And Leighlin
The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary (officer), Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns, County Wexford, Ferns and Old Leighlin, Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Province of Dublin (Church of Ireland), Dublin. The diocese consisted of counties County Kilkenny, Kilkenny, County Carlow, Carlow, County Laois, Laois and County Wexford, Wexford in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. History Under the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 37), the bishopric was formed when the Bishop of Ossory, bishopric of Ossory merged with the Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin, bishopric of Ferns and Leighlin on 12 July 1835. Over the next one hundred and forty-two years, there were twelve bishops of the united diocese. In 1977, the episcopal see, see merged with Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, bishopric of Cashel and Waterford to form the united Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, bishopric of Cashel and Ossory. List of bishops of Ossory, Ferns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Percy Phair
John Percy Phair (1 November 1876 – 28 December 1967) was a 20th-century Anglican bishop. John Percy Phair was born in Roscommon, the son of a farmer Peter Phair and Martha Phair, of Ram Park, Castlerea, County Roscommon. He had younger brothers Edgar and Casper. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, Phair was ordained in 1900. He held curacies in Conwal, Church Hill, County Donegal and Monkstown, Dublin and incumbencies in St Catherine's, Thomas Street, Dublin and Christ Church Leeson Park. He was Rural Dean of Rathdowney and then Dean of Ossory (1923–1940) before becoming Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary (officer), Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns, County Wexford, Ferns and Old Leighlin, Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Province of Dublin (Church of Ire ... in 1940."A New History of Ireland "Moody,T.M; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,F: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher (, ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church. History Clogher is one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111 and consists of much of south west Ulster, taking in most of counties Fermanagh and Monaghan and parts of Tyrone, Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal. Frequently in the Irish annals the Bishop of Clogher was styled the ''Bishop of Oirialla''. Between c. 1140 to c. 1190, County Louth was transferred from the see of Armagh to the see of Clogher. During this period the Bishop of Clogher used the style ''Bishop of Louth''. The title ''Bishop of Clogher'' was resumed after 1193, when County Louth was restored to the see of Armagh. Present Ordinaries ;In the Church of Ireland The present Church of Ireland b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Day (Bishop Of Clogher)
Maurice Day (2 September 1843 – 27 May 1923) was an Anglican bishop in the early 20th century. He was born on Valentia Island, County Kerry on 2 September 1843 into an ecclesiastical family, the son of the Very Reverend John Godfrey Day, sometime Dean of Ardfert, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He held Curate, curacies at St Luke's, Cork (city), Cork and then St Matthias's, Dublin. He was Vicar of Greystones and then Killiney. In 1894 he returned to his old parish in Dublin as Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector, staying until 1905 when he became Dean of Ossory. He was appointed Bishop of Clogher in December 1907, and consecrated in January 1908 and died in post on 27 May 1923. He married Charlotte Francis, the daughter of Herbert Taylor Ottley of Regent's Park. They had three sons and a daughter. A son Godfrey Day, John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day was elected Archbishop of Armagh in 1938. Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Maurice 1843 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Vignoles (priest)
Charles Augustus Vignoles (b Portarlington, County Laois 25 July 1789 – d Kilkenny 18 October 1877) was a Nineteenth century Church of Ireland dean, specifically the dean of Ossory and the dean of the Chapel Royal, Dublin. Vignoles was in the fourth generation of the Huguenot family of the name from Portarlington. In the 1830s he was resident at Cornaher House near Tyrrellspass, County Westmeath, built by his father the Rev. John Vignoles (died 1819), a former army officer, and was rector of Newtown Church. He contributed to the building of the local Christ Church (1834). His sister Elizabeth Anne Vignoles married George Grey and was mother of Sir George Grey Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer. He served in a succession of governing positions: Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Gov ..., 11th Premier of New Zealand. References 1789 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Cloyne
The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title that takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a separate title; but, in the Church of Ireland, it has been united with other bishoprics. Pre-Reformation bishops The diocese of Cloyne has its origins in the monastic settlement founded by St Colman in the 6th century. Cloyne was not one of the dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111, but a bishop of Cloyne was ruling the diocese by 1148, which was recognised at the Synod of Kells in March 1152. In 1326, Pope John XXII issued a papal bull for the union of the dioceses of Cork and Cloyne to be united on the death of the bishop of either see. But on the death of Philip of Slane, Bishop of Cork in 1327, the two dioceses remained separate. Bishop Payn of Cloyne obtained a confirmation of the union of the two dioceses from Pope Martin V Pope Martin V (; ; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
