William Edward Flewett (1861–1938) was the 8th

Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Province of Dublin. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Paul Colton BCL, DipTh, MPhil, LLM, PhD. He was consecrated ...

. 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 ...

, he was

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in 1885. His first post was a

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at Lislee. He then held incumbencies at Corkbeg, Midleton, and Mallow before becoming

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of Cork Cathedral. From 1926 to 1933 he was

Archdeacon of Cork The Archdeacon of Cork was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The Archdeacon was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Diocese. The archdeaconry can trace its his ...

then its

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Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

,"Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge,

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, 1996 , 9780521563505 dying in post on 5 August 1938. He is buried in the churchyard at Holy Trinity, Frankfield.IRL
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Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe The Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert or the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe ( ; ''Full title'': Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly) is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united D ...

from 1985 to 2000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Flewett, William Archdeacons of Cork 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Killaloe and Clonfert Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1862 births 1934 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin