William Moore (bishop) explained

The Rt Rev William Richard Moore (1858–1930 ^[1]) was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1915 to 1930.

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin,^[2] he was ordained in 1882 ^[3] and his first post a curacy at Temple Michael.^[4] After this he was Vicar of Donnybrook and Kiltoghert. He was Archdeacon of Ardagh from 1896 until his elevation to the episcopate as the 9th bishop of the United Diocese.^[5] He was additionally Dean of Ardagh from 1920.^[6]

Notes

1. [The Times]
2. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
4. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 856/7. 1920 .
5. Moody, Theodore William, A New History of Ireland, p. 406
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p1816 London: Oxford University Press, 1929

External links

• Kilmore, Elphin, and Ardagh, Bishop of . 126 .