Mervyn Robert Wilson (1922 – 18 November 2022) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest in

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in the 20th century who was

Dean of Dromore The Dean of Dromore has responsibility for Dromore Cathedral in the Diocese of Down and Dromore in the Church of Ireland. Deans of Dromore *1693/4 Isaac Plume *1609 William Todd *1621 Thomas Wilson *1622 John Wall *1623 Robert Dawson *1628/9 Wi ...

from 1990 to 1992. Wilson was born in 1922 in East

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. He was educated at Everton Elementary School and

Sullivan Upper School Sullivan Upper School is a mixed non- denominational voluntary grammar school in Holywood, Northern Ireland, and has approximately 1,100 enrolled pupils. The school motto is ', Irish for "with the gentle hand foremost". History Sullivan Low ...

, followed by the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

and ordination training at

Tyndale Hall Trinity College, Bristol is an evangelical Anglican theological college located in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, England. It offers a range of full-time and part-time taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses which are validated by the University o ...

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. He was ordained deacon in 1952 and priest in 1953. He was successively curate of

Ballymacarrett Ballymacarrett or Ballymacarret () is the name of both a townland and electoral ward in Belfast. The townland is in County Down and the electoral ward is part of the Titanic district electoral area of Belfast City Council. The ward was create ...

(1952–56),

Donaghcloney Donaghcloney or Donacloney ()Newtownards Newtownards is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Newtownard ...

(1959–61). He was then Rector of Ballyphilip with

Ardquin Ardquin is a civil parish and townland (of 190 acres) in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Ards Upper. Townlands Ardquin civil parish contains the following townlands: *Ardquin * Ballyhenry * Ballyhenry Isl ...

(1961–70); St Philip's,

Newry Newry (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland, divided by the Clanrye river in counties Armagh and Down, from Belfast and from Dublin. It had a population of 26,967 in 2011. Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery, althoug ...

(1970–92); Rural Dean of Kilbroney and Newry and Mourne (1977–90); Prebendary of

Dromore Cathedral Dromore Cathedral, formally The Cathedral Church of Christ the Redeemer, Dromore, is one of two cathedral churches (the other is Down Cathedral) in the Diocese of Down and Dromore of the Church of Ireland (Anglican / Episcopal). It is situated in ...

(1983–85); Canon of Belfast Cathedral (1985–89); and finally

(1990–92). He died in 2022, aged 100.

References

20th-century Irish Anglican priests 1922 births 2022 deaths Deans of Dromore Christian clergy from Belfast {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub