Robert Thompson (priest)

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Robert Henry Thompson was Dean of Ardfert from 1959 until 1966. [1]

Thompson was educated at Trinity College, Dublin [2] and ordained in 1915. He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at Lorrha, Shoreditch and Templederry. He was the incumbent of Kilcolman, County Cork from 1932.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "The Church of Ireland in County Kerry" Murphy, J.A. p243: Cork, Lulu, 2016 ISBN   9781471080258
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X p1160
Religious titles
Preceded by
Charles Loftus Haines
Dean of Ardfert
1959–1966
Succeeded by
Charles Maurice Gray-Stack