George Otto Simms

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George Otto Simms (4 July 1910- 15 November 1991) was an archbishop in the Church of Ireland.

He became a deacon in 1935 and a priest in 1936. He was appointed Dean of Cork in 1952; consecrated a bishop, he served as Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, 1952-56.

He was successively Archbishop of Dublin, from 1956 to 1969, and then Archbishop of Armagh, from 1969 to 1980. He was also a scholar, who published research on the history of the Church of Ireland and on the Book of Kells.

[edit] Publications

• For Better, for Worse, 1945
• The Book of Kells: a short description, 1950
• (ed with E. H. Alton and P. Meyer) The Book of Kells (facsimile edn), Berne, 1951
• The Bible in Perspective, 1953
• Christ within Me, 1975
• Irish Illuminated Manuscripts, 1980
• In My Understanding, 1982
• Tullow's Story, 1983
• (with R. G. F. Jenkins) Pioneers and Partners, 1985
• Angels and Saints, 1988
• Exploring the Book of Kells, 1988
• Brendan the Navigator, 1989