James Hornidge Walsh (13 April 1837 – 4 September 1919) was an Irish Anglican priest who was

Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin The ''Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin'' is the senior official of that church, the cathedral of the United Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough in the Church of Ireland, and head of the Chapter, its governing body. A Dean has presided over ...

from 1908 to 1918. He was born in Calvestown, near

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, the son of Robert Walsh. He was educated at Elphin School,

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, and earned a scholarship to

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. After earning his B.A., was ordained in 1860 and earned an M.A. in 1864, B.D. in 1872 and eventually D.D. He served as Assistant to Archbishop King's Professor of Divinity at Trinity College from 1877 to 1883. He held

curacies A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy ...

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and Adare and incumbencies in

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. In 1883, when St Stephen's became a parish in its own right, Walsh was appointed its first rector and served there until entering the

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of Christ Church in 1908. He died in Dublin South, aged 82."Walsh, Very Rev. James Hornidge", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
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1837 births 1919 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin People from County Westmeath {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub