George Andrews (bishop)

George Andrews, MA (1576–1648) was an Anglican priest in the early seventeenth century.[1]

Born in England, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He was appointed Dean of Limerick in 1603;[3] Precentor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1600;[4] and Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in 1633.[5]

He died in October 1648 and is buried at St Clement Danes in the City of Westminster, London.[6]

References

  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. ↑ 'Abannan-Appletre', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 1–28 accessed 29 May 2018
  3. ↑ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  4. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p11 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  5. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. pp336/7 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  6. ↑ ""Some account of the parish of Saint Clement Danes (Westminster) past and present. Comp. from various sources by John Diprose" p34: London; Bateman & Co;1878
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Denis Campbell		 Dean of Limerick
1603–1635		 Succeeded by
Michael Wandesford
Preceded by
Thomas Ram		 Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
1635–1648		 Succeeded by
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