Bishop William Richard Field S.M.A., was an Irish born priest who served as the Bishop of the

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. Born in

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, Co. Cork, Ireland in 1907, he was ordained a priest in 1934, he joined the

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, Dr Field was appointed Bishop of Ondo, in 1958, succeeding Bishop

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SMA.Bishop Arogundade Ordained
Society of African Missions He was succeeded as Bishop of Ondo in 1976 by Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge. He died on 3 February 1988.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, William 1907 births 1988 deaths People from Schull Roman Catholic missionaries in Nigeria 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Nigeria Roman Catholic bishops of Ondo Christian clergy from County Cork