Raymond d’Audemar Orpen (31 August 1837 – 9 January 1930) was an Irish

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in the 20th century. He was a

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at Rathronan and then Adare before becoming the

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Tralee Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County ...

. He was

Archdeacon of Ardfert The Archdeacon of Ardfert was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from the early thirteenth century to the early twentieth. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the ...

until his ordination to the

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Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe The Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, which was in the Province of Cashel until 1833, then afterwards in the Province of Dublin. History The title was f ...

in 1907. He retired in 1921. In 1903 he helped to create the Guild of Witness (later the Irish Guild of Witness) with lay missionary Rosamond Stephen.90 years of the RCB Library
Diocese of Down and Dromore, December 2, 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Orpen, Raymond Daudemar 1837 births 1930 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Ardfert 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe Place of birth missing