Godfrey Day Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day
Honorific-Suffix:D.D.
Church:Church of Ireland
Diocese:Armagh
Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of All Ireland
Term:1938
Elected:27 April 1938
Predecessor:Charles D'Arcy
Successor:John Gregg
Previous Post:Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1920-1938)
Ordination:1899
Consecration:1 November 1920
Consecrated By:John Gregg
Birth Date:12 May 1874
Death Place:Dublin, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Spouse:Cicely Langrishe
Parents:Maurice Day & Charlotte Francis Ottley
Religion:Anglican

John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day[1] (12 May 1874 – 26 September 1938) was a 20th-century Church of Ireland Archbishop.[2]

Biography

Day was born into an ecclesiastical family; his father was Maurice Day, later Bishop of Clogher.[3] Educated at Oakham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (whence he gained his Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab)), he was ordained deacon in Worcester in 1897 and priest in London in 1899.[4] He was a Missionary for the Cambridge Mission to Delhi until 1909[5] when he became Vicar of St Ann's Church, Dublin (1913–21).[6] He became Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1920,[7] holding the post for 18 years. In 1938 he was elected Archbishop of Armagh[8] but died within two months of taking office,[9] having at some point become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_houses/hist_hse_bishopscourt.html genealogical web site
  2. Web site: Proni . 26 October 2010 . 16 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101216153917/http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction__armagh_diocesan_registry_archive.pdf . dead .
  3. [Who's Who|''Who was Who'' 1897-1990]
  4. Ordinations. Worcester The Times Wednesday, Dec 22, 1897; pg. 3; Issue 35393; col C
  5. ”The Clergy List” London, John Phillips, 1900
  6. http://www.dublinheritage.ie/index.php?db=memorial&location=&page=154 Dublin Heritage
  7. New Irish Bishop The Times Wednesday, Jun 16, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42438; col F
  8. [The Times]
  9. News: . 27 September 1938 . 14; col C . 48110 . The Archbishop Of Armagh Primate Of All Ireland.