Michael Ward (bishop)
The Rt Rev. Michael Ward, DD, MA was a Seventeenth century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]
Ward was consecrated Bishop of Ossory on 24 November 1678. He was Translated to Derry on 22 January 1680;[2] and died in post on 3 October 1681.
His nephew was an Irish politician and judge.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 0-521-56350-X
- ↑ “Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 3” Cotton,H p318: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
- ↑ W. N. Osborough, ‘Ward, Michael (1683–1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 3 Sept 2014
| Church of Ireland titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Benjamin Parry |
Bishop of Ossory 1678–1680 |
Succeeded by Thomas Otway |
| Preceded by Robert Mossom |
Bishop of Derry 1680–1681 |
Succeeded by Ezekiel Hopkins |
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