Anthony Dopping (bishop of Ossory)

Anthony Dopping (Dublin, 1675–1743) was the Anglican Bishop of Ossory.[1]

He was born in Dublin, the second son of Anthony Dopping, Bishop of Meath, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2]

He was elected Dean of Clonmacnoise on 2 July 1720 and raised to the episcopacy as Bishop of Ossory on 19 July 1740.[3]

He married Dorothea, the daughter of Ralph Howard, MD: they had a son, Anthony and four daughters.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p284: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  2. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses Supplement p238: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p145: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ^ thePeerage.com


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