John Cotter Macdonnell (1821 - 9 September 1902) was

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from 1862 to 1873. Macdonnell was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was placed in the first class in the final divinity examination in 1846. Further studies saw him receive the Master of Arts (MA) in 1855, Bachelor of Divinity (BD) in 1856, and the Doctorate of Divinity (DD) in 1860. He was

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in 1846 and priest in 1847, and began his career as a Curate at

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. He was the

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from 1854 to 1862 before his years as

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1862–1873. That year, he was asked by his college friend

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(at this point Bishop of Peterborough) to become

of St Mary's Leicester, moving two years later in 1875 to

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, and in 1880 to

of Misterton, Leicestershire; He was private chaplain to Bishop Magee throughout his time as bishop of Peterborough (1873–1891), and in 1878 was appointed an

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, changing in 1883 to a Residentiary Canon at

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. He wrote several books including a biography of his old friend, ''Life and Correspondence of William Magee'' (1896), described at the time as one of the more outspoken pieces of ecclesiastical biography printed. He also wrote "The Doctrine of Atonement" (1858), "Shall we commute?" (1869), and an ''Essay on Cathedrals in Ireland'' (1872). He died at his house in

after a long illness on 9 September 1902,''Obituary. Canon Macdonnell''

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, Thursday, 11 September 1902; Issue 36870; pg. 8; col A and he was buried in

four days later. His wife had died seven years earlier, and he was survived by a son, Frederick T. Macdonnell, and a daughter Charlotte Jane Macdonnell, who married Sir Shirley Salt, 3rd Baronet.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonnell, John Cotter 1821 births Irish Anglicans Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Cashel 1902 deaths