Raymond Orpen
Irish cleric
The Rt Revd Raymond d’Audemar Orpen DD | |
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Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe | |
In office 1907–1921 | |
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Born | 31 August 1837 |
Died | 9 January 1930 |
Nationality | Irish |
Spouse | Sarah née de Courcey M’Gillycuddy |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Raymond d’Audemar Orpen (31 August 1837 – 9 January 1930[1]) was an Irish cleric in the 20th century.[2][3]
He was a curate at Rathronan and then Adare before becoming the Incumbent of Tralee.[4] He was Archdeacon of Ardfert until his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1907.[5] He retired in 1921.[6]
In 1903 he helped to create the Guild of Witness (later the Irish Guild of Witness) with lay missionary Rosamond Stephen.[7]
References
- ^ "Bishop Orpen". The Times, 10 January 1930, p. 14.
- ^ Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ 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
- ^ Who was Who1897–1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1929–30 p 966 Oxford, OUP,1947
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900.
- ^ 90 years of the RCB Library, Diocese of Down and Dromore, December 2, 2022.
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Preceded by Thomas Bunbury | Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1907–1921 | Succeeded by |
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- merged from Limerick & Ardfert and Aghadoe
- Edward Synge
- William Fuller
- Francis Marsh
- John Vesey
- Simon Digby
- Nathanael Wilson
- Thomas Smyth
- William Burscough
- James Leslie
- John Averell
- William Gore
- William Pery
- Thomas Barnard
- Charles Warburton
- Thomas Elrington
- John Jebb
- Edmund Knox
- William Higgin
- Henry Griffin
- Charles Graves
- Thomas Bunbury
- Raymond Orpen
- Harry Vere White
- King Irwin
- Evelyn Hodges
- Robert Wyse Jackson
- Donald Caird
- merged to Limerick and Killaloe