Henry Downes (died 1735) was an eighteenth-century Irish Anglican

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. He was nominated

Bishop of Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Killala and Achonry was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killala and Achonry in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuam. The diocese comprised part of Counties Mayo and Sligo in Ireland. The Episcopal see was a union o ...

on 24 January 1717 and

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on 12 May that year. In 1720 he was

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Elphin Elphin may refer to: Places Canada * Elphin, Ontario, a hamlet in North Sherbrooke, Lanark County Ireland * Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland * Diocese of Elphin, a diocese in Ireland * Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin Scotland * Elphin, Highl ...

, being nominated on 1 May and appointed by

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on 12 May 1720. In 1724 he was nominated on 17 March to be the

Bishop of Derry The Bishop of Derry is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the monastic settlement originally founded at Daire Calgach and later known as Daire Colm Cille, Anglicised as Derry. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a ...

and appointed by

on 9 April 1724. In 1725 he was made a member of the

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. Finally on 11 January 1727 he was nominated

and appointed by

on 8 February 1727. He died in office on 14 January 1735."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860

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Bishops of Killala and Achonry Anglican bishops of Elphin Anglican bishops of Meath Anglican bishops of Derry 1735 deaths Year of birth unknown 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Ireland {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub