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John Smith was an Irish Anglican priest in Ireland in the seventeenth century.

A native of Athboy, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He became the Rector of Inniskeen in 1635. He was Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1664 to 1666 when he became Dean of Limerick. He was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Killala and Achonry in 1679 but died the following year on 7 March.

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1. Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. pp. 360, 395, and 433. OCLC 989682481.
2. Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J., eds. (1984). A New History of Ireland. A Companion to Irish History, part 2. Vol. 9 Maps, genealogies, lists. Clarendon Press. pp. 330, 387, and 436. ISBN 0-19-821745-5. OCLC 1152598744.
3. "History of the Church of Ireland, from the Reformation to the Revolution" By Mant, R. p742: London J.W. Parker, 1840
4. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p759 Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp450/451 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p396 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
7. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp69/70 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

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