John Percy Phair (1 November 1876 – 28 December 1967) was a 20th-century

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. John Percy Phair was born in Roscommon, the son of a farmer Peter Phair and Martha Phair, of Ram Park, Castlerea, County Roscommon. He had younger brothers Edgar and Casper. Educated at

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, Phair was

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in 1900. He held

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in Conwal, Church hill, Co.

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and Monkstown, Co. Dublin and incumbencies in St Catherine's, Thomas Street,

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and Christ Church Leeson Park. He was

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and then

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(1923–1940) before becoming

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in 1940."A New History of Ireland "Moody,T.M; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,F: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 He retired in 1961; and died on 28 December 1967. Phair married Alice Maude Banks (1883-1945) from Belfast. They had several children: Kenneth Meade Phair, Sheila Maude Phair, and Rev. Edgar Nevill Phair. Following the death of his first wife, Phair married Pauline Beryl Eustace (1906-90) from Hillside Farm, Hampstead, Glasnevin, on 30 July 1958.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Phair, John Percy 1876 births 1947 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Ossory Deans of Leighlin Bishops of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland