Thomas Fletcher was an 18th-century
Anglican
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bishop
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in
Ireland
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.
Before his appointment as
Bishop of Dromore in 1744 Fletcher had previously been
Dean of Down
The Dean of Down is based in The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Downpatrick within the Diocese of Down and Dromore of the Church of Ireland.
The current incumbent is T. Henry Hull.
Deans of Down
*1541 Connor Magennis
*1609 ...
. When
translated to
Killdare the following year he also became
Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin as the two posts were held ''in commendam''. A
Fellow
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of
All Souls College, Oxford
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,
[" Fasti Ecclesle Hibernicae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland. Vol III" Cotton, H.VArchdeacon of Casiiel. Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1849] he died on 18 March 1761.
References
1761 deaths
Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
Deans of Down
Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Anglican bishops of Dromore
Anglican bishops of Kildare
Year of birth unknown
18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
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