Frederick Richards Wynne (19 June 1827 – 2 November 1896) was the 6th

Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert The Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert (''Full title'': Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora with Clonfert and Kilmacduagh) was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert; comprising all of County Clare and part of counties ...

. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was ordained in 1850. After a curacy in Carnteel he held incumbencies at St Mary,

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

and St Mathias, Dublin. A

Canon Residentiary A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...

at both of Dublin's cathedrals ( Christ Church and St Patrick's) he was also Professor of Pastoral Theology at Trinity College Dublin. In 1893 he became the

, a post he held until his sudden death. He had become a

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(DD). His son Henry Vynne also became a priest, and was Vicar of the parish church in Yapton, Sussex. A daughter married another priest, the rev. W. H. Harper; while his third daughter Florence Anne Wynne married in 1902 the architect and architectural historian Philip Mainwaring Johnston.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wynne, Frederick Richards 1827 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Academics of Trinity College Dublin 19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert 1896 deaths Place of birth missing