William John McCappin was an Irish

clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

in the second half of the 20th century. Born in 1919 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 ...

, he was

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in 1943 and began his career as a

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at St Mark,

Armagh Armagh ( ; , , " Macha's height") is a city and the county town of County Armagh, in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Primates of All ...

. He was a

Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ...

to the

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from 1944 to 1947 and then Curate in charge of

Ardoyne Ardoyne () is a working class and mainly Roman Catholic Church, Catholic and Irish republicanism, Irish republican district in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1920 the adjacent area of Marrowbone saw at multiple days of communal violence be ...

until 1951. He held incumbencies at St Patrick,

Jordanstown Jordanstown () is a townland (of 964 acres) and electoral ward in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the urban area of Newtownabbey and the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. It is also situated in the civil parish of Car ...

and then St Bartolomew,

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before becoming

Archdeacon of Connor The Archdeacon of Connor is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Connor. The archdeaconry can trace its history from Eustacius, the first known incumbent, who went on to be Bishop of the Diocese to the current () incumbent Steph ...

in 1969 and Connor in 1981.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge:

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. . He retired in 1987 and died on 3 July 1992.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCappin, William John 1919 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Connor 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Connor 1991 deaths Irish military chaplains World War II chaplains Place of birth missing