Charles Este, (1696–1745), was
bishop of Ossory
The Bishop of Ossory () is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Provinces of Ireland, Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remain ...
(1735–1740) and subsequently of
Waterford and Lismore (1740–1745).
Born at
Whitehall
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,
the son of Michael Este,
and educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
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and
Christ Church, Oxford
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, he distinguished the latter as joint editor of ''Carmina quadragesimalia ab aedis Christi alumnis composita…, 1723'' (and subsequent editions), to which he himself contributed.
Receiving the patronage of
Archbishop Boulter of
Armagh
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whom he served as chaplain from 1724, he moved to Ireland and was collated to the rectory of Derrynoose on 9 Jan 1926.
He married Susanna Clements in May 1725
and was subsequently raised to the
archdeaconry of Armagh in 1730
and to the chancellorshop of Armagh in 1733.
He was nominated in January 1736 to become
bishop of Ossory
The Bishop of Ossory () is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Provinces of Ireland, Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remain ...
and was consecrated in February 1737. Subsequently he moved to become
bishop of Waterford and Lismore
The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Waterford and town of Lismore, County Waterford, Lismore in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland ...
on 18 July 1744.
He restored the (former) bishop's palace at
Kilkenny
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Kilken ...
which had become derelict by 1661,
installing notably a
double staircase
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and was largely responsible, commissioning the architect
Richard Castle
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, for the design (Italianate windows) of the former bishop's palace at
Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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He died on 2 December 1745.
References
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1745 deaths
1696 births
People educated at Westminster School, London
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Anglican bishops of Ossory
Bishops of Waterford and Lismore (Church of Ireland)
Archdeacons of Armagh