Thomas Bunbury (bishop)

The Rt Rev
 Thomas Bunbury
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Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
In office
1899–1907
Personal details
Born 1830
Died 1907
Nationality Irish
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin
Religion Church of Ireland

Thomas Bunbury was an eminent Irish clergyman [1] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

He was born in 1830 at Shandrum and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1854 he was a Curate at Clonfert[3] and then Mallow before becoming the Incumbent of Croom.[4] He was Dean of Limerick from 1872 to[5] 1899 when he became Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe.[6] He died in post on 19 January 1907.[7]

References

  1. ^ Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0198217455
  3. ^ The Standard (London, England), Monday, January 08, 1855; Issue 9491
  4. ^ "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  5. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. ^ The Times, Saturday, Oct 07, 1899; pg. 11; Issue 35954; col A Ecclesiastical news
  7. ^ The Times, Monday, Jan 21, 1907; pg. 9; Issue 38235; col F Obituaries
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Charles Graves		 Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
1899 – 1907		 Succeeded by
Raymond d’Audemar Orpen
Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe

Edward Synge • William Fuller • Francis Marsh • John Vesey • Simon Digby • Nathaniel Wilson • Thomas Smyth • William Burscough • James Leslie • John Averell • William Gore • William Cecil Pery • Thomas Barnard • Charles Mongan Warburton • Thomas Elrington • John Jebb • Edmund Knox • William Higgin • Henry Griffin • Charles Graves • Thomas Bunbury • Raymond d’Audemar Orpen • Harry Vere White • Charles King Irwin • Evelyn Charles Hodges • Robert Wyse Jackson • Donald Arthur Richard Caird
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