Arthur Edwin Ross (18 December 186924 May 1923) was a

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in the

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. Ross was born in 1869 in

Montenotte, Cork Montenotte is an area in the northeast of Cork (city), Cork City, Ireland, which was home to merchants and a prosperous middle class from the early to mid-19th century. It was named after the late 18th century Napoleonic battle, the Battle of Mo ...

, the son of David Ross of

Glenageary Glenageary ( ) is an area on the Southside, Dublin, Southside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. While it has no formal boundary, it is surrounded by the areas of Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire, Glasthule, Johnsto ...

and Anne Maria (''née'' Neligan). He was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

and was ordained in 1895. He was Rector of

Ballymena Ballymena ( ; from , meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 31,205 people at the 2021 United Kingdom census, making it the List of localities in Northern Ireland by population, seven ...

and a

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ...

. Soon after he was appointed in the spring of 1916, an assistant chaplain-general wrote of him, ‘obviously good and keen on his work. A trifle old for the work. A real good man in every way. Quiet but does excellent work and will win through sheer goodness’. His age did not hamper Ross’s ability to rescue ‘wounded men under heavy shell fire’for which he was awarded his first Military Cross. A bar was added early in 1918 soon after he had been promoted to senior chaplain. The citation referred to "Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried in wounded under circumstances of great danger and difficulty. He ended by helping to carry a wounded officer for over four hours. He was the means of saving many lives, and inspired the stretcher-bearers to work to the utmost limit of endurance".London Gazette. 25 April 1918. Following the war, he was appointed Vicar of Holywood Parish, Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral and Chancellor of Down Cathedral. In 1920, he was appointed 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 ...

as the fifth (since union)

Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in the Province of Armagh.''Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing (). Th ...

. In 1909 he married Mary Elizabeth Linzee Hezlet, a prominent golfer. He died in Dublin on 24 May 1923.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Arthur Edwin 1869 births 1923 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Bishops of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry World War I chaplains Recipients of the Military Cross 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Irish military chaplains Christian clergy from Cork (city)