John Pooley (1645-1712) was a member of the
Church of Ireland
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, who was
Bishop of Cloyne
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from 1697 to 1702, then
Bishop of Raphoe
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until his death in October 1712.
Career
Born in
Ipswich
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around 1645, Pooley was educated at St Patrick's Cathedral Grammar School, in
Dublin
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, the future
Duke of Marlborough
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being one of his classmates. He graduated from
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, where he became a senior
fellow
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.
He was appointed the vicar of the Parish of Leixlip, St Mary's and served in this position from 1670 to 1674.
He was appointed
Prebendary
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of
St. Michan's Church, Dublin, then
Dean of Ossory
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on 6 March 1674. He served as personal chaplain to the
Earl of Essex
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,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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from 1672 to 1677, as well as his successor, the
Duke of Ormond
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. One of Ormond' positions was that of
Chancellor of Oxford University, and Pooley was made
Doctor of Divinity
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there in July 1682.
On 2 December 1697, he was consecrated
Bishop of Cloyne
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, spending much of his time on an unsuccessful legal campaign to regain episcopal lands lost in prior decades. In 1702, he became
Bishop of Raphoe
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in
Ulster
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, one of the more valuable sees; in 1714,
Archbishop King described it as 'worth near £1,200...(but) full of Dissenters and Papists'. A contemporary complained in the eleven years he served as bishop, Pooley 'hardly resided eighteen months.'
As a bishop, Pooley sat in the
Irish House of Lords
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and spoke against the 1703
Popery Act. He specifically objected to the requirement office holders
abjure or deny the claim of the Catholic
Stuart
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exiles, and avoided doing so himself until 1710. As a result, he was briefly deprived of his bishopric before having it restored in September 1710. He was briefly held in
Dublin Castle
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in 1709 for protesting against a Parliamentary session being scheduled on a
Holy day.
Pooley was responsible for restoring
St. Michan's Church, Dublin, described as being in a 'ruinous condition' in the 1680s, and the expansion of
St Eunan's Cathedral. His will left £200 for a building programme, which was not completed until years after his death. Most of it was replaced in the late 19th century, apart from a baptismal font installed in 1706, which can still be seen.
He died in
Dublin
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on 16 October 1712, and was buried in St. Michan's.
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1645 births
1712 deaths
Clergy from Ipswich
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Ossory
Bishops of Cloyne
Bishops of Raphoe
17th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Alumni of the University of Oxford