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Irish Anglican priest From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Palmer (1749–1829)[2] was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 18th century and the first decades of the 19th.
Very Reverend Joseph Palmer | |
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Church | Church of Ireland |
Province | Dublin |
Diocese | Cashel and Ossory |
See | Dean of Cashel |
Installed | 1787 |
Term ended | 1829 |
Predecessor | John Jebb |
Successor | Samuel Adams |
Orders | |
Ordination | 5 May 1776 by Bishop Jonathan Shipley |
Rank | Dean |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Great Torrington, Devon, England | 13 June 1749
Died | 2 May 1829 79) | (aged
Spouse |
Elizabeth Edwards (m. 1786) |
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Matriculating at Exeter College, Oxford in 1766, aged 16, he graduated B.A. in 1770, and M.A. in 1772.[3] He was ordained as deacon on 25 September 1774 by Bishop Frederick Keppel to the office of curate at Langtree on a stipend of £40 per year. He was ordained as priest of St James Parish Church by Bishop Jonathan Shipley on 5 May 1776.[1]
He was Chancellor of Ferns from 1779 to 1802.[4] In 1787 [5] he became Dean of Cashel[6] and in 1802 Precentor of Waterford,[7] holding both posts[8] until his death on 2 May 1829.[9]
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