John Beresford (dean of Elphin and Ardagh) explained

John Claudius Beresford was an Anglican priest in Ireland, most notably Dean of Elphin and Ardagh from 1944[1] to 1954.

Beresford was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained deacon in 1897 and priest in 1898. After a curacy in Drumgoon he held incumbencies in Bailieborough and Kiltoraght.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/records/D4-D4A-D4B.pdf Representative Church Body Library, Dublin (D4/ D4A/ D4B/Records of the Dioceses of Elphin & Ardagh) p51
  2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]