Richard Gordon Perdue (13 February 1910 – 8 August 1998) was an

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. Perdue was educated at

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, and

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in 1934. After

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at Drumcondra and

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he was the

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at Castledermot and then

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of Killaloe and Kilfenora. He was ordained to the

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as the Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in 1953 and

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to be the

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in 1957.''A New History of Ireland'' by

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, F. X. Martin,

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, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976, He retired in 1978.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perdue, Richard Gordon 1910 births 1998 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Archdeacons of Killaloe Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Place of birth missing