Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson was an eminent
Irish
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clergyman
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in the first third of the 20th century. Gaining an
MA, then ordained in 1881, he began his career with a
curacy
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at
Kells, after which he was
Rector
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of
Stradbally
Stradbally () is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located in the midlands of Ireland along the N80 road, a National Secondary Route, about from Portlaoise. It is a townland, a civil parish and historic barony. It is known for its "Steam Ra ...
and then
Seapatrick
Seapatrick () is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies partly across the three historic baronies of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half, Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half.
Civil parish of Seapatrick
The civil parish c ...
,
County Down. Promotion to be
Dean
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* ...
of
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast followed; after which he was elevated to the
episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
as the
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore; comprising all County Down and County Antrim, including the city of Belfast.
History
The episcopal sees of Down and Conn ...
.
Works.
He contributed to the monumental "Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels" 1908 edited by Hastings.
[Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .]
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1857 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Deans of Belfast
20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Down, Connor and Dromore
1935 deaths