John Merriman was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the sixteenth century.
An Englishman, he was Chaplain to Elizabeth I of England before his consecration as Bishop of Down and Connor on 19 January 1568. He died in post in 1572.
References
- Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
- "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p203 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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Preceded byJames MacCawell | Bishop of Down and Connor 1568–1572 |
Succeeded byHugh Allen |
Bishops of Down and Connor; of Down, Connor and Dromore; and of Down and Dromore | |
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Down and Connor |
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Down, Connor and Dromore | |
Down and Dromore |
Church of Ireland dioceses | |
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Province of Armagh | |
Province of Dublin |
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