Charles Stack (bishop)

Charles Maurice Stack, DD (23 August 1825 - 1914) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1][2]

Stack was born into an ecclesiastical family, the son of Reverend Edward Stack,[3] and educated at Trinity College, Dublin where he graduated in 1848.[4] He was Vicar of Lack, County Fermanagh from 1851 to 1877 when he became the Archdeacon of Clogher.[5] He was appointed Bishop of Clogher in 1886[6] and served the diocese for 16 years, until he resigned due to advanced age in November 1902.[7]

References
  1. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  2. “Handbook of British Chronology” by Fryde, E.B.; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I.: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7; his son and grandson were also Church of Ireland clergy > The Times, 29 July 1985; pg. 12; Issue 62202; col G Very Rev C. M. Gray-Stack
  4. The Standard (London, England), Tuesday, November 22, 1853; pg. [1]; Issue 9139
  5. Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 25: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
  6. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, October 28, 1886; Issue 22259
  7. 'Ecclesiastical Intelligence' The Times (London, England) Friday, Nov. 21, 1902 Issue 36931p. 9
Religious titles
Preceded by
Archbishops of Armagh		 Bishop of Clogher
1886 –1902		 Succeeded by
Charles Frederick D'Arcy
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