Henry Downes (bishop)

Henry Downes was an eighteenth-century Irish Anglican bishop.^[1]

He was nominated Bishop of Killala and Achonry on 24 January 1717 and consecrated on 12 May that year.^[2] In 1720 he was translated to Elphin, being nominated on 1 May and appointed by letters patent on 12 May 1720.^[3] In 1724 he was nominated on 17 March to be the Bishop of Derry and appointed by letters patent on 9 April 1724. Finally on 11 January 1827 he was nominated Bishop of Derry and appointed by letters patent on 8 February 1727. He died in office on 14 January 1735.^[4]

References

↑ “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
↑ "History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
↑ “A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
↑ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Lloyd	Bishop of Killala and Achonry 1717–1720	Succeeded by Charles Cobbe
Preceded by Simon Digby	Bishop of Elphin 1720–1724	Succeeded by Theophilus Bolton
Preceded by John Evans	Bishop of Meath 1724–1727	Succeeded by Ralph Lambert
Preceded by William Nicolson	Bishop of Derry 1727–1735	Succeeded by Thomas Rundle

Bishops of Killala and Achonry

Archibald Hamilton Archibald Adair John Maxwell Henry Hall Thomas Bayly Thomas Otway John Smith William Smyth Richard Tennison William Lloyd Henry Downes Charles Cobbe Robert Howard Robert Clayton Mordecai Cary Richard Robinson Samuel Hutchinson William Pery William Preston John Law John Porter Joseph Stock James Verschoyle

Anglican Bishops of Elphin

Conach O'Shiel Roland de Burgo Thomas Chester John Lynch Edward King Henry Tilson John Parker John Hodson Simon Digby Henry Downes Theophilus Bolton Robert Howard Edward Synge William Gore Jemmett Browne Charles Dodgson John Law Power Le Poer Trench John Leslie

Anglican Bishops of Meath and of Meath and Kildare

Meath	Edward Staples William Walsh Hugh Brady Thomas Jones Roger Dod George Montgomery James Ussher Anthony Martin Henry Leslie Henry Jones Anthony Dopping Richard Tennison William Moreton John Evans Henry Downes Ralph Lambert Welbore Ellis Arthur Price Henry Maule Hon William Carmichael Richard Pococke Arthur Smyth Hon Henry Maxwell Thomas O'Beirne Nathaniel Alexander Charles Dickenson Edward Stopford Thomas Townsend Joseph Singer Samuel Butcher The Lord Plunket Charles Reichel Joseph Peacocke James Keene Hon Benjamin Plunket Thomas Collins John Orr William Hardy Holmes James McCann Robert Pike

Meath & Kildare	Donald Caird Walton Empey Richard Clarke Pat Storey

Bishops of Derry and of Derry and Raphoe

Derry	George Montgomery Brutus Babington John Tanner George Downham John Bramhall George Wilde 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