John Gibbs (priest)

John Gibbs DD was an Archdeacon of Down from 1869 until[1] his death.[2]

Gibbs was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1851.[3] He served curacies at Bushmills and Shankhill. He was Rector of Hillsborough from 1869 until his death on 29 May 1890.[4]

Notes
  1. 1880 Belfast/ Ulster Street Directory (Hillsborough
  2. The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, May 31, 1890; pg. 5; Issue 36804.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p452: London, Horace Cox, 1885
  4. 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Belfast News Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, June 3, 1890; Issue 23372.


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