James Verschoyle,

LL.D. A Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) is a doctoral degree in legal studies. The abbreviation LL.D. stands for ''Legum Doctor'', with the double “L” in the abbreviation referring to the early practice in the University of Cambridge to teach both canon law ...

(1747–1834) was an Irish

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bishop. Educated at

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, he was successively

Archdeacon of Glendalough The office of Archdeacon of Glendalough is a senior ecclesiastical role within the Anglican Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, previously the Diocese of Glendalough. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy withi ...

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and

Bishop of Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Killala and Achonry was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killala and Achonry in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuam. The diocese comprised part of Counties Mayo and Sligo in Ireland. The Episcopal see was a union ...

. He died in April 1834.

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1747 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Glendalough Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1834 deaths Bishops of Killala and Achonry Irish people of Dutch descent {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub