Kenneth Kennedy (bishop)

The Right Reverend Kenneth William Stewart Kennedy , DD, MB^[1] was an Anglican Bishop in India from 1926 to 1936.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family ^[2], educated at The Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1890.^[3] His first post was a curacy at St Ann’s Dublin.^[4] Emigrating to India, he was a Missionary priest with the Dublin University Mission to Chota Nagpur and then continued to serve the same area with the SPG until 1926. Then he became its Diocesan Bishop ^[5], a post he held for a decade. He was awarded the Kaisar-I-Hind Medal in 1933 and returned to his native Ireland three years later.^[6] His last post was that of Priest-in-charge of Rathmichael where he died on 9 December 1943.^[7]

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1. ^ JSTOR
2. ^ His father was the Very Rev T. Le Ban Kennedy, DD sometime Dean of Clogher > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
3. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
4. ^ Church web-site
5. ^ The Times, Friday, Dec 10, 1926; pg. 17; Issue 44451; col F Ecclesiastical News Bishop of Chota Nagpur
6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
7. ^ The Times, Friday, Dec 10, 1943; pg. 4; Issue 49725; col F Obituary Dr K.W.S.Kennedy

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