Charles Maurice Stack (23 August 1825 – 1914) was an

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. Stack was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of Reverend Edward Stack, and educated at

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where he graduated in 1848. He was Vicar of

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from 1851 to 1877 when he became the

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Clogher Clogher (; , ) is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne ...

. He was appointed

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in 1886 and served the

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for 16 years, until he resigned due to advanced age in November 1902.'Ecclesiastical Intelligence'

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(London, England) Friday, Nov. 21, 1902 Issue 36931p. 9

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stack, Charles Maurice 1825 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Clogher 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Clogher (Church of Ireland) 1914 deaths Place of birth missing