Augustine FitzGerald,

D.D. A Doctor of Divinity (DD or DDiv; ) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity (i.e., Christian theology and ministry or other theologies. The term is more common in the English-speaking world than elsewhere. In the United Kin ...

(21 December 1826 – 2 January 1900) was

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from 1896 until his death. FitzGerald 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 ordained in 1852.''

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1898'' p. 467 London, Horace Cox, 1898 He began his career with curacies at

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and

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. He was

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from 1859 to 1896. He was

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of Armagh Cathedral from 1886 to 1896.

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1900 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Armagh 19th-century Irish Anglican priests 1827 births Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub