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Joseph Stock (other)
Joseph Stock may refer to: * Joseph Stock (bishop) (1740–1813), Irish Protestant churchman and writer, bishop of Killala and Achonry and afterwards bishop of Waterford and Lismore * Joseph Stock (MP) (1789-1855), son of the above, Irish Whig politician * Joseph Whiting Stock (1815–1855), American painter {{hndis, Stock, Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Stock (bishop)
Joseph Stock (1740–1813) was an Irish Protestant churchman and writer, bishop of Killala and Achonry and afterwards bishop of Waterford and Lismore. Life He was the son of Luke Stock, a hosier, in Dublin, and Ann, his wife, and was born at 1 Dame Street, Dublin, on 22 December 1740. He was educated at Mr. Gast's school in his native city and at Trinity College Dublin. He was List of Scholars of Trinity College Dublin, elected a Scholar of Trinity in 1759, graduated B.A. in 1761, and gained a fellowship in 1763. Having taken orders, Stock retired to the college living of Conwall in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe, diocese of Raphoe. In 1793 he was collated prebendary of Lismore, but resigned this preferment in 1795, on his appointment to the head-mastership of Portora Royal School. In January 1798 he succeeded John Porter as Bishop of Killala and Achonry. Shortly after his consecration, and while holding his first visitation at the castle of Killala, the bishop became a prisoner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
