George Baker (bishop)

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George Baker ^[1] was Bishop ^[2] of Waterford and Lismore ^[3] in the Church of Ireland from 1661 until 1665.^[4]

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References

↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 376–377. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
↑ "Baker, George (Bishop of Waterford and Lismore) (CCEd Bishop ID 1045)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 . Retrieved 6 October 2017.
↑ Cotton, Henry (1851). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 1, The Province of Munster (2nd Edition, corrected and englarged ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 119–123.
↑ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland: Volume XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 304–305. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.

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[HBOBC-1] Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 376–377. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

[2] "Baker, George (Bishop of Waterford and Lismore) (CCEd Bishop ID 1045)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 . Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[3] Cotton, Henry (1851). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 1, The Province of Munster (2nd Edition, corrected and englarged ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 119–123.

[4] Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland: Volume XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 304–305. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.

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