John Smith (bishop of Killala and Achonry)

John Smith was an Irish Anglican priest in Ireland[1][2] in the seventeenth century.[3]

A native of Athboy, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[4] He became the Rector of Inniskeen in 1635. He was Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1664 to 1666[5] when he became Dean of Limerick.[6] He was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Killala and Achonry in 1679 but died the following year on 7 March.[7]

References

  1. ^ Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. pp. 360, 395, and 433. OCLC 989682481.
  2. ^ Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J., eds. (1984). A New History of Ireland. A Companion to Irish History, part 2. Vol. 9 Maps, genealogies, lists. Clarendon Press. pp. 330, 387, and 436. ISBN 0-19-821745-5. OCLC 1152598744.
  3. ^ "History of the Church of Ireland, from the Reformation to the Revolution" By Mant, R. p742: London J.W. Parker, 1840
  4. ^ "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p759 Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  5. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp450/451 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  6. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p396 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  7. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp69/70 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878


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