William Kerr (bishop)
William Shaw Kerr was an Irish Anglican bishop, the first Bishop of Down and Dromore in the Church of Ireland.[1]
Kerr was born in 1873 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin [2] and ordained in 1897, his first post was a curacy at Lurgan.[3] He was then Rector of Banbridge, Archdeacon of Dromore and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Dean of Belfast. He was elected Bishop of Down and Dromore on 9 December 1944 and consecrated on 25 January 1945. He resigned on 31 July 1955 and died on 2 February 1960.[4]
Works
Notes
- ↑ “A New History of Ireland”Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Feb 04, 1960; pg. 16; Issue 54686; col A Rt. Rev. W. S. Kerr First Bishop Of Down And Dromore
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| Preceded by Henry Robert Brett |
Dean of Belfast 1927 –1945 |
Succeeded by Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott |
| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of Down and Dromore 1945 –1955 |
Succeeded by Frederick Julian Mitchell |
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