William Wolfe Wagner was an Irish Anglican clergyman.
Wagner 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 ...
and
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
in 1887. After
Curacies
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
in
Kileevan and
Drumreilly, he was the
incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seek ...
at
Kilmactranny from 1893 until 1910. He was
Archdeacon of Elphin
The Archdeacon of Elphin was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Bishop of Elphin, Diocese of Elphin until 1854; and then within the Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
The archdeaconry can trace it ...
from then until his death in 1937.
[Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .]
References
Archdeacons of Elphin
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
1937 deaths
Place of birth missing
{{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub