Joseph Peacocke (bishop of Derry and Raphoe)
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Joseph Irvine Peacocke (28 November 1866 – 31 January 1962) was a long serving Bishop of Derry and Raphoe.[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family — his father was Joseph Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin[2] — on 28 November 1866 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1891 and his first post was a curacy in Shankill, Belfast.[3] In 1894 he became Rector of Christ Church, Lisburn.[4] He then held further incumbencies in Dublin and Bangor[5] before his appointment to the episcopate in 1916.[6] He was elected to Derry and Raphoe on 15 March and consecrated 25 April 1916; he resigned 31 December 1944. He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
References
[edit]- ^ The Times, Saturday, Dec 31, 1938; pg. 8; Issue 48191; col E Broadcasting Sunday Service St Columb's Cathedral Preacher J.I
- ^ "Peacocke, Joseph Irvine". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 12 September 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 406.
- ^ The Times, Friday, Aug 31, 1894; pg. 5; Issue 34357; col B Ecclesiastical intelligence
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
External links
[edit]- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.
