Robert Downes (bishop)

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Robert Downes DD (died 20 June 1763) was a Church of Ireland bishop in the mid 18th century. [1]

Downes was the son of an Anglican bishop, Henry Downes. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford. [2] He held incumbencies at Balteagh, Desertmartin and Kilcronaghan and was appointed Prebendary of Comber in 1734. [3] He was Dean of Derry from 1740 until 1744; Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin from 1744 until 1752; [4] Down and Connor from 1752 until 1753 [5] and Raphoe from 1753 until his death on 20 June 1763. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN   0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. ↑ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Downes, Robert (1)
  3. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp342 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p340 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  5. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p211 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  6. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp356/7 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878


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