Robert Warke Explained

Robert Alexander Warke (10 July 1930 – 12 January 2021) was Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross^[1] from 1988 to 1998.^{[2] [3]}

He was educated at The King's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, and ordained deacon in 1953 and priest in 1954. His first post was a curacy at St Mark’s Newtownards. He was later Rector of Dunlavin (1964-67), then at the parish of Drumcondra and North Strand (1967-71), Rector of Zion Church Rathgar (1971-88), and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) in 1980 Archdeacon of Dublin.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Episcopal Succession . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804132601/http://www.cork.anglican.org/bishop/episcopalsuccession.htm . 2008-08-04 . Cork, Cloyne & Ross . 22 November 2020 .
2. [Who's Who]
3. Web site: WARKE, Rt. Rev. Robert Alexander : Death notice . The Irish Times . 14 January 2021.
4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
5. Book: Garrett, Arthur . 1985 . In Ages Past: The Short of North Strand Church Sunday and Day School . Dublin . Jack Hade and Company.