Raymond Orpen Explained

Raymond d’Audemar Orpen
Honorific-Suffix:	DD
Order:	Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
Term Start:	1907
Term End:	1921
Term End2:	1
Birth Date:	31 August 1837
Death Date:	9 January 1930
Nationality:	Irish
Alma Mater:	Trinity College, Dublin
Spouse:	Sarah née de Courcey M’Gillycuddy

Raymond d’Audemar Orpen (31 August 1837 – 9 January 1930^[1]) was an Irish cleric in the 20th century.^{[2] [3]}

He was a curate at Rathronan and then Adare before becoming the Incumbent of Tralee.^[4] He was Archdeacon of Ardfert until his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1907.^[5] He retired in 1921.^[6]

In 1903 he helped to create the Guild of Witness (later the Irish Guild of Witness) with lay missionary Rosamond Stephen.^[7]

Notes and References

1. "Bishop Orpen". The Times, 10 January 1930, p. 14.
2. Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
3. A New History of Ireland, Moody, T. M; Martin, F. X; Byrne, F. J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976,
4. Who was Who1897–1990, London, A & C Black, 1991
5. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
6. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900.
7. https://www.downanddromore.org/news/2022/12/90-years-of-the-rcb-library 90 years of the RCB Library