Hedley Webster (21 July 1880 – 28 June 1954) was the 12th
Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh.
Educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
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and
ordained
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in 1904, his first posts were
curacies
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at St Luke's,
Cork
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and Holy Trinity,
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
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* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
. He held
incumbencies at Kinneigh and
Blackrock
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before being appointed
Archdeacon
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of
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
in 1938. He was
Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh from 1945 to 1953.
[''Bishop Of Killaloe To Resign'' ]The Times
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Tuesday, Aug 18, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52703; col B
References
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1880 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Archdeacons of Cork
20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert
1954 deaths