George Chadwick (bishop)

The Rt Rev George Alexander Chadwick, DD was the second Derry and Raphoe.^[1]
Born on 10 October1840 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, ^[2] he was ordained in 1863 and began his career as a curate at St Anne, Belfast. He was then appointed Rector of St James, Belfast where he remained until 1872. He was Rector of St Mark’s Armagh until 1886 when he became Dean of Armagh. In 1896 he was elevated to the episcopate. ^[3]
An eminent author^[4], he resigned his see in 1915 and died on 29 December 1923^[5]

Notes

1. ^ ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. ^ “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
4. ^ Amongst others he wrote “Christ bearing Witness to Himself”, 1879; “As He that Serveth”, 1880; “My Devotional Life”, 1882; “Exodus and St Mark”, 1899; “Poems, Chiefly Sacred”, 1900; and “The Intellect and the Heart”, 1905 > British Library web site accessed 18:58 GMT Saturday 4th September, 2010
5. ^ The Times, Monday, Dec 31, 1923; pg. 13; Issue 43536; col E Death Of Bishop Chadwick. A Leader In Ulster