Thomas Stopford

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The Right Reverend Thomas Stopford was Bishop of Cork and Ross ^[1] from 1794 and died in post on 24 January 1805.^[2]

He was the son of the first Earl of Courtown. He was Rector of Kiltinel and served as Dean of Killaloe from 1781 to 1787 before being appointed Dean of Ferns in 1787.^[3] In 1790 he was made second chaplain to John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland.^[4]

In 1794 he was elevated to the episcopy as Bishop of Cork and Ross.

Notes

↑ York Herald Saturday, March 02, 1805; Issue 768. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
↑ “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
↑ Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates and ..., Volume 2 By Henry Cotton. p. 347. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
↑ The Times Tuesday, Jan 26, 1790; pg. 3; Issue 1587; col E The Earl of Westmoreland has appointed the Hon. and Rev. Thomas Stopford, Dean of Ferns as his second chaplain

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by William Bennet	Bishop of Cork and Ross 1794 –1805	Succeeded by Lord John Beresford

v t e Bishops of Cork and Cloyne, of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and of Cork and Ross

Cork & Cloyne	Dominic Tirrey Roger Skiddy Richard Dixon Matthew Sheyn

Cork, Cloyne & Ross	William Lyon John Boyle Richard Boyle

Cork & Ross	William Chappell

Cork, Cloyne & Ross	Michael Boyle Edward Synge

Cork & Ross	Edward Wetenhall Dive Downes Peter Browne Robert Clayton Jemmett Browne Isaac Mann Euseby Cleaver William Foster William Bennet Thomas Stopford Lord John Beresford Thomas St Lawrence Samuel Kyle (became Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross)

Cork, Cloyne & Ross	Samuel Kyle James Wilson William Fitzgerald John Gregg Robert Gregg Edward Meade Charles Dowse William Flewett Robert Hearn George Simms Richard Perdue Samuel Poyntz Robert Warke Paul Colton

v t e Deans of Killaloe

Hugh O'Hogan Richard Hacket Anthony Spicer John Parker John Parker Jasper Pheasant Jerome Ryves Jakob Abbadie Giles Eyre The Lord Blayney William Henry Joseph Bourke William Pery Samuel Rastall Thomas Stopford John Murray Peter Carleton John Bayly Allen Morgan John Head James Allen Joseph Frederick Robbins Robert Humphries Henry Gillespie Robert Boyd Edwin Owen

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Province of Armagh	Armagh Clogher Connor Derry and Raphoe Down & Dromore Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh Tuam, Killala & Achonry

Province of Dublin	Cashel & Ossory Cork, Cloyne & Ross Dublin and Glendalough Limerick & Killaloe Meath & Kildare

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