John Steere (bishop) explained

John Steere was an Anglican bishop in Ireland during the first half of the Seventeenth century.^[1]

Formerly Archdeacon of Emly he was consecrated on 26 August 1617 and remained there for five years. He was nominated to the See of Ardfert on 8 December 1621; and appointed with letters patent on 20 July 1622.^[2] He died in May 1628.^[3]

Notes and References

1. [Theodore William Moody|Moody, T. W.]
2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
3. [Henry Cotton (divine)|Cotton, Henry]