Robert Alexander Warke (10 July 1930 – 12 January 2021) was
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Province of Dublin.
The current bishop is the Right Reverend Paul Colton BCL, DipTh, MPhil, LLM, PhD. He was consecrate ...
from 1988 to 1998.
He was educated at
The King's Hospital
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and
Trinity College Dublin
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, and
ordained
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deacon in 1953 and priest in 1954. His first post was a
curacy
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at St Mark’s
Newtownards
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.
He was later
Rector of
Dunlavin
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(1964-67), then at the parish of
Drumcondra and
North Strand
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Location and access
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(1967-71), Rector of Zion Church
Rathgar
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(1971-88), and finally (before his elevation to the
episcopate
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) in 1980
Archdeacon of Dublin
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.
Notes
Archdeacons of Dublin
20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
1930 births
2021 deaths
People educated at The King's Hospital
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Place of birth missing
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