Thomas Price (bishop)

Thomas Price (1599–1685) was the Church of Ireland's Archbishop of Cashel.

The Most Reverend

Thomas Price
Archbishop of Cashel
ChurchChurch of Ireland
ArchdioceseCashel
Appointed30 March 1667
In office1667-1685
PredecessorThomas Fulwar
SuccessorNarcissus Marsh
Orders
Consecration10 March 1661
by James Margetson
Personal details
Born1599
Died4 August 1685
Cashel, County Tipperary, Kingdom of Ireland
NationalityWelsh
DenominationAnglican
Previous post(s)Bishop of Kildare (1661-1667)

Life

Price was born in Wales[1] or possibly London, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in 1623, M.A. in 1628, and was elected a fellow in 1626. He was ordained by William Bedell, and became archdeacon of Bedell's diocese of Kilmore. He was consecrated bishop of Kildare in Christ Church, Dublin, on 10 March 1661 by the Archbishop of Dublin James Margetson, and was translated to the archbishopric of Cashel on 20 May 1667.[2]

Price followed Bedell on the importance of making the Irish language significant in the established church; he ordained some Irish-speaking ministers, and in 1678 he required service to be read in his cathedral from a folio Gaedhilic prayer-book presented to him by Andrew Sall. He encouraged Sall in his edition of the Irish Testament, and had himself some acquaintance with the Irish language.[2]

Price died at Cashel on 4 August 1685.[2]

Notes

  1. John McCafferty; quotes from the Dictionary of Irish Biography.
  2. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Price, Thomas (1599-1685)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Price, Thomas (1599-1685)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.