Jimmy Moore (bishop)

James Edward Moore (1933 – 16 March 2005) was an Irish bishop in the Church of Ireland.[1]

Jimmy Moore
Bishop of Connor
In office
1995–2001
Personal details
Born1933
Died(2005-03-16)16 March 2005
NationalityIrish
SpousePamela Mary née Fetherston
RelationsAoife and Ciara
ChildrenPeter and Gillian
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

Moore was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father was Edward Moore (Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh;) and himself the son of a priest, W.R.R. Moore). He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (gaining a Trinity Master of Arts {MA Dubl}) and ordained in 1957[2] He began his ordained ministry with curacies at St Columba's Knock and St Comgall's Bangor.[3] After this he was priest in charge of the Church of the Transfiguration, Belvoir. After incumbencies at Groomsport and St Mark's Dundela he became Archdeacon of Down in 1989 and Bishop of Connor from 1995 to 2001.[4]

References

  1. CMSI Tribute
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: CUP. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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