John Joseph Robinson was

Dean of Belfast The Dean of Belfast is the senior official of St Anne's Cathedral in the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland and head of the Chapter, its governing body. List of deans of Belfast * 1894–1899: Henry Stewart O’Hara; first dean of Belfast ( ...

in the first decades of the 20th century. He was born in

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in 1852, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and

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in 1875. His first post was in

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but he returned to

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in 1879 as curate of Saint Matthias’,

. He was the

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at Killiskey and then

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. From 1900 to 1903 he was

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when he became

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and a year later

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of the city’s

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. He resigned in 1911 and emigrated to

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where he was

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of Christ Church

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until his death in June 1916.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, John Joseph 1852 births Christian clergy from Dublin (city) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Belfast Irish emigrants to Canada 1916 deaths