Maurice Day (bishop of Cashel and Waterford)

Maurice FitzGerald Day (1816–1904) was a Church of Ireland bishop in the last quarter of the 19th century.[1]

For the later bishop of the same name, see Maurice Day (bishop of Clogher).

Day was educated at Clonmel Endowed School and Trinity College, Dublin [2] and ordained in 1840. He was the incumbent of St Matthias, Dublin from 1843 to 1868 when he became Dean of Limerick.[3] He was Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore from 1872[4] until his retirement in 1899.[5] He died on 13 December 1904.[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, 9780521563505
  2. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  4. The Times, Friday, Mar 22, 1872; pg. 11; Issue 27331; col D News in Brief
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  6. "Obituary The Rt Rev Maurice Day". The Times (37578). 15 December 1904. p. 5, col F.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
Robert Daly		 Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore
1872–1899		 Succeeded by
Henry Stewart O'Hara
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