Michael Ward (bishop)

'Michael Ward (1643-1681) was a 17th-century Anglican bishop and academic in Ireland.[1]

For people named Michael Ward, see Michael Ward (disambiguation).

Michael Ward, by Hugh Howard

Ward was the son of Richard Ward. He was born in Newport, Shropshire[2] and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] Ward was Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin from 1670 to 1678 and its Provost from 1674 to 1678;[4] Dean of Lismore from 1670 to 1678;[5] Archdeacon of Armagh from 1674 to 1678;[6] Bishop of Ossory from 1678 to 1680;[7] and Derry from 1680;[8] until his death on 3 October 1681. His early death at 38 cut short a career which saw his meteoric rise to high office, fuelled by his great ambition.

His nephew, also Michael Ward, was an Irish politician and judge, and father of the first Viscount Bangor.[9]

Notes
  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 0-521-56350-X
  2. Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c by James B Leslie (page 8 of 62)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)", George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p833: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. Former Provosts, TCD
  5. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 1" Cotton,H p168: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  6. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 2" Cotton,H p46: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  7. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 2" Cotton,H pp281/2: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  8. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 3" Cotton,H p319: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  9. W. N. Osborough, ‘Ward, Michael (1683–1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 3 Sept 2014


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