Sankey Winter (1688–1736) was an

Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

priest in Ireland. Ledwich was born in

County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...

and 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 ...

. Winter was Archdeacon of Achonry from 1712 to 1719 and

Archdeacon of Killala The Archdeacon of Killala was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Killala until 1622; Killala and Achonry from 1622 until 1834; and of Tuam, Killala and Achonry from 1834, although it has now been combined to include the area f ...

from 1719 to 1724. He was installed as

Prebendary A prebendary is a member of the Catholic Church, Catholic or Anglicanism , Anglican clergy, a form of canon (priest) , canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in part ...

Donadea Donadea () is a civil parish in the barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany in the north of County Kildare, Ireland. There are seven townlands in the parish. There are no large centres of population in the parish. Donadea is noted for its public for ...

and

Archdeacon of Kildare The Archdeacon of Kildare was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Kildare until 1846 when it became an office within the Archdiocese of Dublin, Kildare and Glendalough and since 1976, an office in the united Diocese of Meath an ...

on 11 May 1724; and

Dean of Kildare The Dean of Kildare is based at Kildare Cathedral, The Cathedral Church of St Brigid, Kildare in the united Diocese of Meath and Kildare within the Church of Ireland. The current Dean is the Very Reverend Tim Wright. List of deans of Kildare *12 ...

on 8 October 1725, holding all three positions until his death."Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland Vol II" Cotton, H p239: Dublin, Hodges,1848

References

1736 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 18th-century Irish Anglican priests 1688 births Deans of Kildare Archdeacons of Kildare Archdeacons of Killala Archdeacons of Achonry Christian clergy from County Kildare {{Ireland-Anglican-dean-stub