Charles Grierson Explained

Charles Grierson
Other Post:	Dean of Belfast (1911–1919)
Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore
Term:	1919–1934
Birth Date:	11 April 1857
Death Date:	^[1]
Religion:	Church of Ireland
Alma Mater:	Trinity College, Dublin
Spouse:	Blanche Caldwell née Bloomfield

Charles Thornton Primrose Grierson was an eminent Irish clergyman in the first third of the 20th century.^[2] Gaining an MA, then ordained in 1881,^[3] he began his career with a curacy at Kells, after which he was Rector of Stradbally^[4] and then Seapatrick, County Down. Promotion to be Dean of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast followed;^[5] after which he was elevated to the episcopate as the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore.Works. He contributed to the monumental "Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels" 1908 edited by Hastings. ^[6]

External links

• Down and Connor and Dromore, Bishop of . 67 .

Notes and References

1. [The Times]
2. “A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.M;Martin,F.X;Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who”]
4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Kelly’s, 1913
5. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . . London . The Field Press. 428. 1920 .
6. Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .