- Charles King Irwin
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The Rt Rev
Charles King Irwin
DDBishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe In office
1934–1942Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore In office
1942–1944Bishop of Connor In office
1945–1956Personal details Born 30 March 1874 Died 15 January 1960 [1] Nationality Irish Spouse(s) Louisa Jane née Royse Alma mater The Royal School, Armagh; Trinity College, Dublin Religion Church of Ireland Charles King Irwin (1874–1960) was an eminent Irish clergyman [2] in the middle third of the 20th century.[3]
Born on 30 March 1874 into an eminent ecclesiastical family,[4] he was ordained in 1898[5] and began his career with a curacy at Brantry,[6] after which he was Vicar of Derrynoose and then Middletown. Promotion to be Archdeacon of Armagh followed,[7] after which he was elevated to the Episcopate as the Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.[8] Translated to Down, Connor and Dromore in 1942.[9] He relinquished as bishop of Down and Dromore, but retained as bishop of Connor when the Diocese was split on 1 January 1945.[10] He retired on 31 May 1956[11] and died on 15 January 1960.
References
- ^ Obituary Rt. Rev. C. K. Irwin Formerly Bishop Of Connor The Times Monday, Jan 18, 1960; pg. 14; Issue 54671; col D
- ^ Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
- ^ The Times, Friday, Feb 16, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34189; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence New Archdeacon of Armagh The Rt Rev Charles Irwine
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ^ "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
- ^ The Times, Friday, Feb 16, 1934; pg. 17; Issue 46680; col D Ecclesiastical News New Irish Bishop
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Down The Times Friday, Aug 07, 1942; pg. 7; Issue 49308; col C
- ^ Irish Diocese to be divided The Times, Saturday, Dec 09, 1944; pg. 2; Issue 50012; col E
- ^ Bishop of Connor to retire The Times, Friday, Jun 29, 1956; pg. 6; Issue 53570; col D.
Church of Ireland titles Preceded by
Harry Vere WhiteBishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
1934 – 1942Succeeded by
Evelyn Charles HodgesPreceded by
John Frederick McNeiceBishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
1942 – 1944Succeeded by
Diocese dividedPreceded by
first separate bishop since before the ReformationBishop of Connor
1945 – 1956Succeeded by
Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover ElliottBishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe Edward Synge • William Fuller • Francis Marsh • John Vesey • Simon Digby • Nathaniel Wilson • Thomas Smyth • William Burscough • James Leslie • John Averell • William Gore • William Cecil Pery • Thomas Barnard • Charles Mongan Warburton • Thomas Elrington • John Jebb • Edmund Knox • William Higgin • Henry Griffin • Charles Graves • Thomas Bunbury • Raymond d’Audemar Orpen • Harry Vere White • Charles King Irwin • Evelyn Charles Hodges • Robert Wyse Jackson • Donald Arthur Richard Caird
Bishops of Down, Connor and Dromore Richard Mant • Robert Bent Knox • William Reeves • Thomas James Welland • John Baptist Crozier • Charles Frederick D'Arcy • Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson • John Frederick McNeice • Charles King Irwin
Anglican bishop of Connor Charles King Irwin • Cyril Elliott • Arthur Butler • William John McCappin • Samuel Poyntz • Jimmy Moore • Alan Harper • Alan Abernethy
Categories:- 1874 births
- Old Armachians
- Alumni of Trinity College, Dublin
- Irish Anglicans
- Anglican archdeacons in Ireland
- Irish bishops
- 20th-century Anglican bishops
- Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
- Bishops of Down, Connor and Dromore
- Anglican bishops of Connor
- 1960 deaths
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