Jimmy Moore (bishop)

The Rt Rev
 James Edward Moore
MA
Bishop of Connor
In office
1995–2001
Personal details
Born 1933
Died 2005
Nationality Irish
Spouse(s) Pamela Mary née Fetherston
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin
Religion Church of Ireland

James Edward (Jimmy) Moore was an eminent Irish clergyman in the late of the 20th and early 21st centuries.[1]

Born into an ecclesiastical family[2] in 1933, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1957,[3] he began his career with curacies at St Columba, Knock and St Comgall, Bangor.[4]

After this he was Priest in charge at the Church of the Transfiguration, Belvoir. After incumbencies at Groomsport and Dundela he became Archdeacon of Down in 1989 and Bishop of Connor in 1995.[5] He retired in 2001 and died on 16 March 2005

Notes

  1. ^ CMSI Tribute
  2. ^ His father was the Rt Revd Edward Moore, Bishop of Kilmore, himself son of the Revd W.R.R. Moore
  3. ^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0108153674
  4. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  5. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: CUP. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Samuel Greenfield Poyntz		 Bishop of Connor
1995– 2001		 Succeeded by
Alan Harper
Anglican bishop of Connor
  Church of Ireland dioceses
Province of Armagh
Province of Dublin