Charles Dickenson

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The Right Reverend Charles Dickenson DD, PC (August 1792 – 12 July 1842), was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland ^[1] in the 19th century.^[2]

He was born in Cork in August 1792, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1818.His first post was at Castleknock after which he was Chaplain of the Dublin Female Orphan Home.^[3] In 1832 he became Chaplain to the Archbishop of Dublin and the following year the incumbent at St Ann’s Dublin.^[4]

He became Bishop of Meath ^[5] in 1840 ^[6] and died in post on 12 July 1842.^[7]

References

1. ^ ”Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland” Cotton, H: Dublin, Hodges,1848
2. ^ “A New History of Ireland”, Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0198217455
3. ^ Library Ireland
4. ^ Church website
5. ^ News Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Monday, December 28, 1840; Issue N/A
6. ^ “History of the Diocese of Meath”, Healy, J., Dublin, Association for promoting Christian Knowledge, 1908
7. ^ IRELAND. The Bradford Observer; and Halifax, Huddersfield, and Keighley Reporter (Bradford, England), Thursday, July 21, 1842; pg. 2; Issue 442. (477 words). 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II

Religious titles
Preceded by Nathaniel Alexander	Bishop of Meath 1840 – 1842	Succeeded by Edward Adderly Stopford

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Name	Dickenson, Charles
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Short description
Date of birth	1792
Place of birth	Cork
Date of death	1842
Place of death	Ardbraccan