John Percy Phair (1 November 1876 – 28 December 1967) was a 20th-century

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. John Percy Phair was born in Roscommon, the son of a farmer Peter Phair and Martha Phair, of Ram Park, Castlerea, County Roscommon. He had younger brothers Edgar and Casper. Educated at

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, Phair was

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in 1900. He held curacies in Conwal, Church Hill,

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and

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and incumbencies in St Catherine's, Thomas Street,

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and Christ Church Leeson Park. He was

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and then

Dean of Ossory The Dean of Ossory or Dean of Kilkenny is based at St Canice's Cathedral, The Cathedral Church of St Canice, Kilkenny in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland. The current Dean is the Very Reverend Stephen Farrell, ...

(1923–1940) before becoming

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in 1940."A New History of Ireland "Moody,T.M; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,F: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 He retired in 1961; and died on 28 December 1967. Phair married Alice Maude Banks (1883–1945) from Belfast. They had several children: Kenneth Meade Phair, Sheila Maude Phair, and Rev. Edgar Nevill Phair. Following the death of his first wife, Phair married Pauline Beryl Eustace (1906–90) from Hillside Farm, Hampstead, Glasnevin, on 30 July 1958.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phair, John Percy 1876 births 1947 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Ossory Deans of Leighlin Bishops of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland