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James Wilson (bishop)
James Wilson (1780-1857) was an Irish bishop of the Church of Ireland. He was born near Newry, County Down, his father being James Wilson (merchant), and was brought up there. He studied at Trinity College Dublin starting in 1798, becoming a Scholar in 1800, graduating BA (1802), MA (1809) and later LLD (1830). For seventeen years he was Curate at St. Audoen's Church, Dublin (Church of Ireland), St. Audoen's Church, Dublin. Later he was Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector of List of townlands of County Carlow, Killinane and Chancellor (ecclesiastical), Chancellor of Old Leighlin, Leighlin, posts he held until his elevation to the episcopate. He was nominated to the vacant post of Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, Bishop of Cork on 24 June 1848 and consecrated on 30 July 1848 following the death of the previous incumbent, Samuel Kyle (bishop), Samuel Kyle. In 1822 he was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Ireland
The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second largest Christian church on the island after the Roman Catholic Church. Like other Anglican churches, it has retained elements of pre-Reformation practice, notably its episcopal polity, while rejecting the primacy of the Pope. In theological and liturgical matters, it incorporates many principles of the Reformation, particularly those of the English Reformation, but self-identifies as being both Reformed and Catholic, in that it sees itself as the inheritor of a continuous tradition going back to the founding of Christianity in Ireland. As with other members of the global Anglican communion, individual parishes accommodate different approaches to the level of ritual and formality, variously referred to as High and Low Church. Overvie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
