Alexander Craike,
B.D. was a 16th-century
Scottish
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priest
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.
Craike was a
Scotsman
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. He was appointed
Prebendary
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of
Clonmethan
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in
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
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in 1559;
its Dean on 21 August 1560; and
Bishop of Kildare
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the next day. He died in 1564.
["The Antiquities and History of Ireland" Ware, J p4:Dublin, A.CRook, 1705]
Notes
Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Bishops of Kildare
1564 deaths
16th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
16th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests
Year of birth missing
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