Edward Stopford (bishop)
Edward Stopford PC[1] (d. 17 September 1850), was an Anglican bishop[2] in the Church of Ireland[3] in the 19th century.[4]
A former Archdeacon of Armagh,[5] he became Bishop of Meath in 1842 [6] and died in post on 17 September 1850.
His son the Rev. Edward Adderly Stopford was also a Church of Ireland cleric, and served as Rector of Kells, and Archdeacon of Meath appointed by his father. Bishop Stopford's granddaughter was the writer, historian, and nominee to the Irish Free State Senate Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929).[7]He was also the great grandfather of Anglican nun and botanist, Mother Mary Clare, who died during a death march during the Korean War.[8]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ ”Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland” Cotton, H: Dublin, Hodges,1848
- ↑ “A New History of Ireland”, Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Sep 20, 1850; pg. 5; Issue 20599; col C Ireland
- ↑ “History of the Diocese of Meath”, Healy, J., Dublin, Association for promoting Christian Knowledge, 1908
- ↑ Alice Stopford Green
- ↑ Newslink - The Magazine of the Church of Ireland United Dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert (PDF) (October 2014 ed.). United Dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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| Preceded by Charles Dickenson |
Bishop of Meath 1842 – 1850 |
Succeeded by Thomas Townsend |
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