Moore Richard Neligan (6 January 1863 – 22 November 1922) was the
Anglican Bishop
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of
Auckland
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during the first decade of the 20th century.
Neligan was born in
Dublin
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, the son of Rev. Maurice Neligan, a prominent Irish-Evangelical clergyman who was canon of
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
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.
He was educated at
Reading School
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and
Trinity College, Dublin, from which he graduated in 1884. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1886 and 1887 by the Archbishop of York, after embarking on an
ecclesiastical career with a
curacy
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at
Sculcoates,
Hull.
He was briefly
Vicar
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at
East Dereham, before he became curate of Christ church,
Lancaster Gate
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in 1890. Four years later he transferred to St. Stephen, Westbourne-park, in
Paddington
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. He was nominated to the
colonial
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episcopate
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in
Auckland
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in November 1902,
and took up the position in 1903. Ill health prompted his return from
New Zealand
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in 1910, and he served the remainder of his career as
Rector
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of
Ford, Northumberland
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.
["Who was Who"(Ibid)]
World War I
Neligan served from 4 July 1918 until 30 November 1918 as a reverend 4th class in the New Zealand Chaplains Department attached to the 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade. For his service he received the British War Medal.
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1863 births
People educated at Reading School
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Anglican bishops of Auckland
1922 deaths
20th-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand
British expatriates in New Zealand
People from Ford, Northumberland
Civil servants from Dublin (city)