Charles Tyndall

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Charles John Tyndall DD (30 May 1900–3 April 1971)^[1] was the 13th Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh ^[2] who was later translated to Derry and Raphoe.^[3]

Educated at The King's Hospital and Trinity College, Dublin^[4] and ordained in 1925, his first post was a curacy at Clontarf.^[5] He then held incumbencies at Enniscorthy and Drumcondra before being appointed Rural Dean of Fingal and then (his last post before elevation to the Episcopate in 1956^[6]) Archdeacon of Elphin and Ardagh. While at Kilmore, Tyndall was elected Bishop of Derry and Raphoe on 14 October 1958 (his election was confirmed the same day); he resigned on 30 September 1969.

He was the uncle of John Tyndall, the former chairman of the National Front and founder of the British National Party.^[7]

References

↑ Obituary-Bishop Tyndall The Times Monday, Apr 05, 1971; pg. 14; Issue 58139; col F
↑ Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Kilmore to be translated The Times Saturday, Dec 17, 1955; pg. 8; Issue 53406; col E
↑ Personal correspondence
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
↑ Consecrated 2nd February 1956: “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
↑ Heritage and Destiny Issue 39

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Frederick Julian Mitchell	Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 1956–1958	Succeeded by Edward Moore
Preceded by Robert McNeil Boyd	Bishop of Derry and Raphoe 1958–1969	Succeeded by Cuthbert Peacocke

v t e Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

merged from Kilmore and Ardagh & Elphin John Leslie Marcus Beresford Hamilton Verschoyle Charles Leslie Thomas Carson John Darley Samuel Shone Alfred Elliott William Moore Arthur Barton Albert Hughes Frederick Mitchell Charles Tyndall Edward Moore Gilbert Wilson Michael Mayes Ken Clarke

v t e Bishops of Derry and of Derry and Raphoe

Derry	George Montgomery Brutus Babington John Tanner George Downham John Bramhall George Wild Robert Mossom Michael Ward Ezekiel Hopkins William King Charles Hickman John Hartstonge St George Ashe William Nicolson Henry Downes Thomas Rundle Carew Reynell George Stone William Barnard Frederick Hervey (later Earl of Bristol) William Knox Richard Ponsonby (became Bishop of Derry and Raphoe)

Derry & Raphoe	Richard Ponsonby William Higgin William Alexander George Chadwick Joseph Peacocke Robert Boyd Charles Tyndall Cuthbert Peacocke Robin Eames James Mehaffey Ken Good

Persondata
Name	Tyndall, Charles John
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Derry and Raphoe; Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Date of birth	30 May 1900
Place of birth
Date of death	3 April 1971
Place of death

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