Michael Hugh Gunton Mayes (born 31 August 1941) was
Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1993 to 2000 and then of
Limerick and Killaloe until 2008.
Mayes was educated at
The Royal School, Armagh
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and
Trinity College, Dublin. He was
ordained
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in 1964 and his first post was as a
curate in
Portadown
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after which he spent six years as an
USPG
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It was first incorporated under Royal Charter in 1701 as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Part ...
missionary
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in
Japan.
Brief biography
/ref> He then held incumbencies in Cork
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and was later Archdeacon of the area
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before his ordination to the episcopate
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.
References
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1941 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
People educated at The Royal School, Armagh
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Archdeacons of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
21st-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
Bishops of Limerick and Killaloe
Living people