Michael Ward (bishop)

Michael Ward was a 17th-century Anglican bishop and academic in Ireland.[1]

Michael Ward, by Hugh Howard

Ward was born in Newport, Shropshire[2] and educated at Trinity College Dublin.[3] Ward was Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity College Dublin from 1670 to 1678 and its Provost from 1674 to 1678;[4] Dean of Lismore from 1670 to 1678;[5] Archdeacon of Armagh from 1674 to 1678;[6] Bishop of Ossory from 1678 to 1680;[7] and Derry from 1680;[8] until his death on 3 October 1681.

His nephew was an Irish politician and judge.[9]

Notes

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 0-521-56350-X
  2. Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earilest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c by James B Leslie (page 8 of 62)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)", George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p833: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. Former Provosts, TCD
  5. “Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 1” Cotton,H p168: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  6. “Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 2” Cotton,H p46: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  7. “Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 2” Cotton,H pp281/2: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  8. “Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 3” Cotton,H p319: Dublin, Hodges, 1848
  9. W. N. Osborough, ‘Ward, Michael (1683–1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 3 Sept 2014
Preceded by
Richard Lingard
Regius Professor of Divinity, Trinity College Dublin
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Succeeded by
William Palliser
Dean of Lismore
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Succeeded by
Edward Jones
Preceded by
Thomas Seele
Provost of Trinity College Dublin
1674–1678
Succeeded by
Narcissus Marsh
Preceded by
William Smith
Archdeacon of Armagh
16741678
Succeeded by
Thomas Otway
Preceded by
Benjamin Parry
Bishop of Ossory
16781680
Preceded by
Robert Mossom
Bishop of Derry
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Succeeded by
Ezekiel Hopkins


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