Alan Buchanan (bishop)

The Most Rev Alan Alexander Buchanan was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century.[1]
Born on 28 February 1905[2] and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1931.[3] He was with the Church of Ireland Mission in Belfast until 1937 after which he held incumbencies at St Cedma Inver and St Mary, Belfast and St Comgall, Bangor. He was Bishop of Clogher from 1958 to 1969 when he became Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. He resigned in 1977 and died on 4 February 1984.[4]

Religious titles
Preceded by
Richard Tyner		 Bishop of Clogher
1958 –1969		 Succeeded by
Richard Patrick Crosland Hanson
Preceded by
George Otto Simms		 Archbishop of Dublin
1969–1977		 Succeeded by
Henry Robert McAdoo

Notes

  1. ^ “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
  4. ^ The Times, Tuesday, Feb 21, 1984; pg. 14; Issue 61763; col G Most Rev A. A. Buchanan
Bishops of Clogher (Church of Ireland)