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Maurice Day (2 September 1843 – 27 May 1923) was an
Anglican
bishop in the early 20th century.
[1]
He was born on
Valentia Island ,
County Kerry
[2] on 2 September 1843 into an ecclesiastical family, the son of the
Very Reverend John Godfrey Day, sometime
Dean of Ardfert ,
[3] and was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin .
He held
curacies at St Luke's,
Cork and then St Matthias's,
Dublin .
[4] He was
Vicar of
Greystones and then
Killiney . In 1894 he returned to his old parish in Dublin as
Rector ,
[5] staying until 1905 when he became
Dean of Ossory . He was appointed
Bishop of Clogher in December 1907, and consecrated in January 1908
[6] and died in post on 27 May 1923.
[7]
He married Charlotte Francis, the daughter of Herbert Taylor Ottley of Regent's Park. They had three sons and a daughter.
[8] A son
John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day was elected
Archbishop of Armagh in 1938.[
citation needed ]
Notes
^ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge,
CUP , 1996
ISBN
0-521-56350-X , 0713642556
^ Clogher clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 27/8: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
^
Who was Who 1897-2007 London,
A & C Black , 2007
ISBN
978-0-19-954087-7
^
Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London: The Field Press. p. 287.
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
^ "New Bishop of Clogher" The Times , Friday, 20 December 1907; pg. 9; Issue 38521; col C
^ "Obituary. The Bishop Of Clogher" The Times Tuesday, 29 May 1923; pg. 16; Issue 43353; col E
^ Burke, Bernard (1912). Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed families of Ireland .
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