John Walton Murray

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John Walton Murray was an Irish Anglican priest and author [1] in the 19th century. [2]

Murray was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Murray began his ecclesiastical career with curacies in Derryvollan, Fivemiletown and Armagh. He was 2nd Minister at New Molyneux Church, Dublin from 1863 to 1865, and Rector and Vicar of Ballymena from 1865 to 1882. [3] He was Archdeacon of Connor and a Canon at Lisburn Cathedral from 1882 until 1886, and Dean of Connor from 1888–1893. [2]

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References

  1. Amongst others he wrote "Catechetical History of Prayer Book", 1867; "The Irish Church in relation to Protestant Dissent", 1867 ; How we may make our Churches and Services attractive", 1868; "Church Order, being an Analysis of the Fifth Book of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity", 1869 ; "Lives of Eminent Irish Churchmen" 1872; and "Christian Vitality", 1884 > British Library web site accessed 19:04 GMT Monday 18 November 2019
  2. 1 2 Lisburn Cathedral Web-site
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p862: London; Horace Cox; 1885
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Thomas Hincks
Archdeacon of Connor
1882–1886
Succeeded by
Charles Seaver