Hugh Gore (bishop)

Hugh Gore , DD (1613-1691[1]) was a seventeenth century Irish Anglican priest.[2][3]

He was born in Maiden Newton and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. After this he held livings in Nicholaston and Oxwich. He became Dean of Lismore in 1664;[2] and was Bishop of Waterford and Lismore [4] from 1666 until his death.[5]

There is a school named after him in Swansea.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Welsh Biography On-line
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates and members..., Volume 1. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  3. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 376–377. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  4. ↑ Cotton, Henry (1851). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 1, The Province of Munster (2nd Edition, corrected and englarged ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 119–123.
  5. ↑ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland: Volume XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 304–305. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  6. ↑ School web-site
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Richard Underwood		 Dean of Lismore
1664–1666 		Succeeded by
Richard Lingard
Preceded by
George Baker		 Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
1666–1691 		Succeeded by
Nathaniel Foy