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William Edward Meade (24 February 1832 – 12 October 1912) was a
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Province of Dublin. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Paul Colton BCL, DipTh, MPhil, LLM, PhD. He was consecrate ...
. Born in county Cork, where his father William was a clergyman, he attended school in Midleton and then university 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 ...
, becoming a Scholar in 1856, and earning BA in mathematics 1857, and MA in 1860. He was ordained in 1863. In 1873 he became a Bachelor (BD) and a Doctor of Divinity (DD). He was Rector of Ardtrea and then
Archdeacon of Armagh The Archdeacon of Armagh is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Armagh. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Diocese. History The archdeaconry can trace its history ...
from 1885 until his elevation 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 ...
in 1893."Handbook of British Chronology", By Fryde, E.B.;. Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I.: Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...
, 1996 , 9780521563505
He married Mary Ferrier, the daughter of Fleetwood Churchill of Dublin.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meade, Edward Archdeacons of Armagh 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1832 births 1912 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Christian clergy from County Cork