James Edward Moore (1933 – 16 March 2005) was an Irish

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in the

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. Moore was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father was Edward Moore (Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh;) and himself the son of a priest, W.R.R. Moore). He was educated 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 ...

(gaining a Trinity Master of Arts ) and

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in 1957 He began his ordained ministry with curacies at St Columba's Knock and St Comgall's Bangor. After this he was

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of the Church of the Transfiguration, Belvoir. After incumbencies at

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and St Mark's Dundela he became

Archdeacon of Down The Archdeacon of Down is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Down and Dromore (in the Church of Ireland), formerly (in the Church of Ireland) the Diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore, formerly (but currently in the Catholic Chur ...

in 1989 and

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from 1995 to 2001.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge:

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. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jimmy Edward 1933 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Down 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland 21st-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Connor 2005 deaths Place of birth missing