Maurice FitzGerald Day (20 May 1816 – 13 December 1904) was a
Church of Ireland
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bishop in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Day was born at
Kiltallagh, County Kerry, to J. Day, rector of Kiltallagh, and his wife Arabella, daughter of
Sir William Godfrey.
He was educated at Clonmel Endowed School and
Trinity College, Dublin and
ordained
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in 1840. He established and was the
incumbent
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of
St. Matthais' Church, Hatch Street,
Dublin
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from 1843 to 1868 when he became
Dean of Limerick. He was
Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore from 1872 until his retirement in 1899.
["The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900] He died on 13 December 1904,
in Greystones, County Wicklow.
He married Jane (Gabbett) Day on July 29, 1852, in Bray, County Wicklow, and they had one son the Rev.
Maurice William Day
Maurice William Day (23 April 1858 – 29 August 1916) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was the son of a clergyman ( His father was Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore from 1872 until 1899); an ...
(1858 - 1916).
References
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1816 births
1904 deaths
People from Clonmel
People educated at Clonmel Endowed School
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
19th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Deans of Limerick
Bishops of Cashel and Waterford