William Preston (bishop)
William Preston , DD [1] was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[2]
The Chaplain to the Duke of Rutland,[3] he was nominated to be the Bishop of Killala and Achonry on 13 October 1784 and consecrated on 11 November that year. Translated to Ferns and Leighlin on 9 November 1787, he died in Dublin on 19 April 1789 and was buried at Ferns Cathedral.
References
- ↑ BBC Your Paintings
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ "History of the Church of Ireland": Mant,R London, J.W. Parker, 1840
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| Preceded by William Cecil Pery |
Bishop of Killala and Achonry 1784–1787 |
Succeeded by John Law |
| Preceded by Walter Cope |
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 1787–1789 |
Succeeded by Euseby Cleaver |
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