James Keene (bishop) explained

James Keene (bishop) should not be confused with James Keane (bishop).

James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849  - 5 August 1919) was an Irish Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]

Keene was educated at Rathmines School and Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was ordained in 1879[3] and was the rector of Navan and headmaster of Navan College before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Meath.[4] He died on 5 August 1919[5] and two years later his wife published a memorial to him.[6]

Notes and References

  1. "A New History of Ireland", Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford Oxford University Press, 1976,
  2. [Who's Who|"Who was Who"]
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
  4. "History of the Diocese of Meath", Healy, J., Dublin, Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1908
  5. [The Times]
  6. "In Loving Memory. A sketch of the life of James Bennett Keene, D.D., Bishop of Meath" by Henrietta Sophia Bennett Keene, The Expository Times, Vol. 32, No. 5, 203-218 (1921),

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