Joseph Peacocke (bishop of Derry and Raphoe)

The Rt Rev Joseph Irvine Peacocke, DD was a long serving Derry and Raphoe.[1]

Born into an ecclesiastical family[2] on 28 November 1866 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1891 and his first post was a curacy in Shankill, Belfast. In 1894 he became Rector of Christ Church, Lisburn.[3] He then held further incumbencies in Dublin and Bangor[4] before his elevation to the Episcopate in 1916.[5]

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
George Alexander Chadwick
Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
1916 –1945
Succeeded by
Robert McNeil Boyd

Notes

  1. ^ The Times, Saturday, Dec 31, 1938; pg. 8; Issue 48191; col E Broadcasting Sunday Service St Columb's Cathedral Preacher The Rt Rev J.I
  2. ^ His father was The Most Rev J. F. Peacocke, DD “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  3. ^ The Times, Friday, Aug 31, 1894; pg. 5; Issue 34357; col B Ecclesiastical intelligence
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. ^ “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 052156350X, 9780521563505