William Joseph Wilson was the

Dean of Cloyne The Dean of Cloyne is based at the Cloyne Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St Coleman in Cloyne in the Diocese of Cloyne within the united Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, bishopric of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The incumbent is Rev. Susan Green. List ...

from 1908 to 1934. He 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 1878. 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 ...

Dungourney Dungourney () is a village in County Cork, Ireland on the R627 regional road northeast of Midleton. The river Dungourney flows through the village. St. Peter's National School is located in the centre. There is a church in the west of the vil ...

and

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he held incumbencies at Corkbeg and Templebreedy until his appointment as Dean.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30'' p1429, London: OUP, 1929

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