John Albright was an

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priest in

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during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Albright was educated at

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. He became the

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in 1595; and a

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in 1600. He was

Dean of Raphoe The Dean of Raphoe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Eunan, Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe within the Church of Ireland. The Deanery is currently vacant since January 2021. List of deans *1603 John Albr ...

from 1603 until his death in 1609."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Vol 3 p360: Cotton, H; Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860

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