Edward Moore (Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh)

Edward Francis Butler Moore (30 January 1906 – 13 December 1997[1]) was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1959[2] to 1981.

Life

His father was the Revd W.R.R Moore.[3] He was educated at Drogheda Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. After ordination he was a curate in Bray[4] and then held incumbencies at Castledermot and Greystones.[5] He was Rural Dean of Delgany and (his final appointment before his ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Glendalough. His son was Jimmy Moore, who was a Bishop of Connor.[1]

Notes
  1. "Church of Ireland press Release". Archived from the original on 26 April 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Kilmore Nominated". The Times. No. 54330. 10 December 1958. p. 12; col E.
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. History of Greystones
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