John Darley (bishop)

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John Richard Darley DD (1799 – 1884), a "man who laboured strenuously to awaken and sustain the practical interest of the clergy and laity"^[1], was a 19th century Irish Anglican Bishop ^[2].
Born in County Monaghan and educated at the Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College, Dublin, he was later Headmaster of his old school^[3]. Ordained in 1826 he was the Rector of Drumgoon and Archdeacon of Ardagh before elevation to the Episcopate^[4] as the 6th Bishop of the United Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. In 1859, Darley both built and financed the running of a school at Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Today, this school is known as the Darley National School. ^[5]

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Preceded by Thomas Carson	Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 1874 –1884	Succeeded by Samuel Shone

Notes

1. ^ The Times, Tuesday, Jan 22, 1884; pg. 6; Issue 31036; col B Obituary John Richard Darley
2. ^ “Darley , John Richard (1799–1884)’”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, . Blacker,B.H (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 019861411X
3. ^ Genealogical web site
4. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
5. ^ Jonathan A. Smyth, 'John Richard Darley (1799-1884), Bishop, Scholar & Philanthropist', Breifne, vol.xi, no.44. (2008)

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Name	Darley, John Richard
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Date of birth	1799
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Date of death	1884
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