John Darley (bishop)

John Richard Darley DD  (1799 – 1884), a "man who laboured strenuously to awaken and sustain the practical interest of the clergy and laity"[1], was a 19th century Irish Anglican Bishop [2].
 Born in County Monaghan and educated at the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College, Dublin, he was later Headmaster of his old school[3]. Ordained in 1826 he was the Rector of Drumgoon and Archdeacon of Ardagh before elevation to the Episcopate[4] as the 6th  Bishop of the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. In 1859, Darley both built and financed the running of a school at Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Today, this school is known as the Darley National School. [5]
Religious titles
Preceded by
Thomas Carson		 Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
1874 –1884		 Succeeded by
Samuel Shone

Notes

  1. ^ The Times, Tuesday, Jan 22, 1884; pg. 6; Issue 31036; col B Obituary John Richard Darley
  2. ^ “Darley , John Richard (1799–1884)’”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, . Blacker,B.H (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 019861411X
  3. ^ Genealogical web site
  4. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  5. ^ Jonathan A. Smyth, 'John Richard Darley (1799-1884), Bishop, Scholar & Philanthropist', Breifne, vol.xi, no.44. (2008)
Anglican bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh