Samuel Poyntz Explained

Samuel Greenfield Poyntz
Honorific-Suffix:	DD
Order:	Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Term Start:	1978
Term End:	1987
Order2:	Bishop of Connor
Term Start2:	1987
Term End2:	1995
Birth Date:	4 March 1926
Nationality:	Irish
Alma Mater:	Portora Royal School, Enniskillen Trinity College, Dublin
Spouse:	Noreen Henrietta née Armstrong

Samuel Greenfield Poyntz (4 March 1926 – 18 February 2017) was an Irish bishop^[1] and author^[2] in the last third of the 20th century.^{[3] [4]}

He was born in Manitoba in Canada to the Revd James Poyntz and Catherine Greenfield. Poyntz was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Trinity College, Dublin^[5] and ordained in 1951.^[6] He began his career with curacies at St George’s Dublin and St Paul’s Dublin before becoming Rector of St Stephen’s, Dublin. From 1974 to 1978 he was Archdeacon of Dublin, when he became Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.^[7] In 1987 he was translated to be the Bishop of Connor,^[8] retiring in 1995.^[9]

Publications

• The Evaluation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 1953
• Journey Towards Union - 1975
• Our Church - Praying with Your Church Family - 1983
• A Tapestry of Beliefs - 1998
• Many for Earth and Heaven - 2002

Notes and References

1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
2. Among others he wrote "The Exaltation of the Blessed Virgin Mary", 1953; "St Stephen’s—One Hundred and Fifty Years of Worship and Witness", 1974; "Journey towards Unity", 1975; "St Ann’s—the Church in the heart of the City", 1976; "Our Church—Praying with our Church Family", 1983; and "Mary for Earth and Heaven: essays on Mary and ecumenism", 2002; and "Inter-Church Relations: developments and perspectives - a tribute to Bishop Anthony Farquhar", 2008 > British Library web site accessed 19:18 GMT Thursday 25 November 2010
3. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
4. Web site: X POYNTZ, Rt. Revd. Samuel Greenfield. The Irish Times. 11 April 2017.
5. [Who's Who]
6. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
7. http://www.cork.anglican.org/people/succession.html Cork Anglican
8. http://www.connordiocese.org.uk/index.cfm?id=4 Diocese of Connor
9. Web site: Obituary: Samuel Poyntz, a Bishop of courage and vigour. belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 12 April 2017.