Henry Arthur Stanistreet (19 March 1901 – 4 September 1981), was the 14th

Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert The Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert (''Full title'': Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora with Clonfert and Kilmacduagh) was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert; comprising all of County Clare and part of counti ...

. Stanistreet was educated at Trent College and

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and

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in 1924. He was a

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Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

and then curate in charge of Corbally before becoming the Rector of Templeharry with Borrisnafarney. From 1931 to 1943 he was

Rural Dean In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective ...

of Ely O’Carroll then

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Killaloe Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Flannan, Killaloe ( ) is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Killaloe, County Clare in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Killaloe, it is now one of five cathedrals in the Dio ...

. He was ordained to the

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in 1957.Fryde, E.B.; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . He became a

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(DD).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanistreet, Henry Arthur 1901 births 1981 deaths People educated at Trent College Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Church of Ireland deans 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert