Michael Hugh Gunton Mayes (born 31 August 1941) was

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from 1993 to 2000 and then of Limerick and Killaloe until 2008. Mayes was educated at

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and

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. He was

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in 1964 and his first post was as a

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after which he spent six years as an

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. Brief biography
/ref> He then held incumbencies in

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and was later

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of the

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before his ordination to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayes, Michael 1941 births Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at The Royal School, Armagh Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland 21st-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Bishops of Limerick and Killaloe Living people