Charles Caulfield,
D.D (1804–1862) was an
Anglican
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colonial bishop
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in the 19th century.
Caulfield was born in
Kilkenny
Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...
, the oldest son of the Reverend Hans Caulfield (1778–1851),
rector of
Kilmanagh, and Anne née Rothe (1783–1852). He was admitted, aged 17, to
Trinity College Dublin
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in 1821. He was
Archdeacon
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of
the Bahamas
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. He was consecrated
Bishop of Nassau and the Bahamas The Bishop of Nassau was an episcopal title given to the Ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of Nassau, from its formation in 1861 until it was retitled the Diocese of Nassau and The Bahamas in 1942.''Ecclesiastical News'' The Times
''The Ti ...
at
Lambeth Palace
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on 1 December 1861. He died of
yellow fever at
New Providence
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on 4 September 1862.
['Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' ''Belfast News Letter'' (Belfast, Ireland), Wednesday, 15 October 1862; Issue 15409]
He married Grace St George, daughter of
Sir Richard St George, 2nd Baronet, another County Kilkenny man, and his second wife Bridget Blakeney, daughter of
Theophilus Blakeney, and had several children. Grace died in 1896.
Notes
Year of birth unknown
1862 deaths
19th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean
Anglican bishops of Nassau
1804 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Archdeacons of the Bahamas
People from Kilkenny (city)
Deaths from yellow fever
Irish expatriate Protestant bishops
Christian clergy from County Kilkenny
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