Evelyn Charles Hodges (8 August 1887 – 18 March 1980) was an eminent Irish

clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

during the mid-20th century. He was born in Towlerton House,

County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county located in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region of Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Carlow is the List of Irish counties by area, second smallest and t ...

on 8 August 1887 into an ecclesiastical family. His father was the Rev. W. H. Hodges. He was educated at

Rathmines School Rathmines School was a Church of Ireland secondary school in the suburb of Rathmines, Dublin: it opened in 1855 and closed in 1899. In all 2,190 pupils attended the school. The school was located at 48 Lower Rathmines Road. The founder of the ...

and

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 Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

in 1911. He was a

Curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are as ...

at Drumcondra and then

Rathmines Rathmines (; ) is an inner suburb on the Southside (Dublin), Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It begins at the southern side of the Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal and stretches along the Rathmines Road as far as Rathgar to the south, Ranela ...

. Following this he spent seven years as Diocesan Inspector of Schools for Dublin, Glendalough and Kildare before returning to

as its

incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position. In an election, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the position that is up for election, regardless of whether they are seeking re-election. There may or may not be ...

, serving from 1924 until 1927. From 1928 to 1943 he was Principal of the Church of Ireland Training College for Teachers, when he became the

Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary (officer), Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Ecclesiastical province, Province of Archbishop of Cashel, Cashel until 1833, the ...

. He resigned in 1960 and died on 18 March 1980. He wrote a biography of the Church of Ireland clergyman

Ernest Lewis-Crosby Ernest Henry Cornwall Lewis-Crosby (ca 1864 – 1961) was a Church of Ireland (Anglican) priest and author. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. His first post was as a curate at Christ Church, Leeson Park, Dublin.Crockford's Clerical Dire ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodges, Evelyn 1887 births Christian clergy from County Carlow Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1980 deaths People educated at Rathmines School Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe