William Codd Explained

William Codd, Doctor of Divinity (b Wexford 6 July 1864; d Enniscorthy 12 March 1938) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.^[1]

Codd was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford; and the Irish College, Rome. He was ordained priest on 24 April 1889. and appointed a teacher at his old school, rising to be its head. In 1912 he became Parish Priest at Blackwater, County Wexford.^[2] He was the Bishop of Ferns from 1917 until his death.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcodd.html Catholic Hierarchy
2. http://archive-uat.catholicherald.co.uk/article/18th-march-1938/14/the-bishop-of-ferns Catholic Herald
3. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 355–356.