Misplaced Pages

William Edward Meade (24 February 1832 – 12 October 1912) was a Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

Born in county Cork, where his father William was a clergyman, he attended school in Midleton and then university at Trinity College, Dublin, becoming a Scholar in 1856, and earning BA in mathematics 1857, and MA in 1860. He was ordained in 1863. In 1873 he became a Bachelor (BD) and a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

He was Rector of Ardtrea and then Archdeacon of Armagh from 1885 until his elevation to the episcopate in 1893.

He married Mary Ferrier, the daughter of Fleetwood Churchill of Dublin.

See also

• Christianity portal

References

1. "The Bishop Of Cork". The Times. No. 40029. 14 October 1912. p. 9, col E.
2. Cork Anglican Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
3. "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
4. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
5. Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross
6. The Dublin University calendar 1972-73 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin: Supplement page 81
7. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co., 1889.
8. "Handbook of British Chronology", By Fryde, E.B.;. Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I.: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505

• Archdeacons of Armagh
• 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
• Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
• 1832 births
• 1912 deaths
• Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
• Christian clergy from County Cork