Joseph Peacocke (bishop of Derry and Raphoe)

Joseph Irvine Peacocke (28 November 1866 – 31 January 1962) was a long serving Bishop of Derry and Raphoe.[1]

Born into an ecclesiastical family — his father was Joseph Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin[2] — on 28 November 1866 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1891 and his first post was a curacy in Shankill, Belfast. In 1894 he became Rector of Christ Church, Lisburn.[3] He then held further incumbencies in Dublin and Bangor[4] before his appointment to the episcopate in 1916.[5] He was elected to Derry and Raphoe on 15 March and consecrated 25 April 1916; he resigned 31 December 1944. He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References
  1. The Times, Saturday, Dec 31, 1938; pg. 8; Issue 48191; col E Broadcasting Sunday Service St Columb's Cathedral Preacher J.I
  2. "Peacocke, Joseph Irvine". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 12 September 2016. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. The Times, Friday, Aug 31, 1894; pg. 5; Issue 34357; col B Ecclesiastical intelligence
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. “Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
George Chadwick		 Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
1916–1945		 Succeeded by
Robert Boyd
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