Norman David Emerson (10 July 1900 – 12 January 1966) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

and author. Emerson was born in Lurgan and 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

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 1924 and being a

curate 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 ...

at Drumcondra and Rathgar he was the rector of St Mary's Dublin from 1933 to 1961"Emerson, Very Rev. Norman David", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007
accessed 6 Aug 2012
/ref> when he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a position he held until his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Emerson, Norman David 1900 births 1966 deaths People from Lurgan Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Place of death missing 20th-century Irish Anglican priests Christian clergy from County Armagh