Walter Cope was an 18th-century
Anglican
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bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
in
Ireland
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.
Cope was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
.
Previously
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 ...
, he was nominated to be
Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
The Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, comprising the southern part of County Galway and a small area of County Roscommon, Ireland. In 1834, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh ...
on 27 January 1772 and consecrated on 15 March that year.
Translated
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to
Ferns and Leighlin["The Remembrancer, or Impartial repository of public events, Volume 14" London, J.Almon, 1782] on 9 August 1782, he died in post on 31 July 1787.
References
Deans of Dromore
Bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Bishops of Ferns and Leighlin
1787 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
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