William Murray was an Anglican bishop[1] in the first half of the Seventeenth century.[2]

Formerly Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King James I & VI he was nominated Bishop of Kilfenora on 15 March 1622 and consecrated on 18 December that year.[3] He was translated to Llandaff on 24 December 1627.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Records of Convocation, Volume 20" Bray,G.(Ed) p340: Woodbridge, CofE REcord Society, 2006 ISBN 1843832437
  2. ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Volume 9. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  3. ^ Cotton, Henry (1851). The Province of Munster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Volume 1 (2nd ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith
  4. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S. et al., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

See also

Church of Ireland titles Preceded byJohn Steere Bishop of Kilfenora 1622–1627 Succeeded byInterregnum Church of England titles Preceded byTheophilus Feild Bishop of Llandaff 1627–1639 Succeeded byMorgan Owen


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