James Gregg (priest)

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James Fitzgerald Gregg was Dean of Limerick from 1899 to 1905.

Biography

He was born into an ecclesiastical family [1] in 1820 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. [2] He was ordained in 1844 and after curacies at Yoxford, Kiltullagh and Collon held incumbencies in Balbriggan and Limerick [3] before [4] until his elevation to the Deanery. [5]

He died on 31 October 1905. [6]

Notes

  1. His uncle and cousin were both bishops
  2. ‘GREGG, Very Rev. James Fitzgerald’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 2 Jan 2013
  3. "Supplemental Scheme for Management of Diocesan Schools and Banagher Royal Schools Endowment". Dippam. p. 8. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. Hansard
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  6. "The Dean Of Limerick". The Times . No. 40328. London, England. 27 September 1913. p. 9. (Obituaries)
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Dean of Limerick
1899–1905
Succeeded by

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