James MacManaway
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The Rt Rev
Right Reverend
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  James MacManaway , DD
Doctor of Divinity
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, MA  was an Anglican bishop
Bishop
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 in the first half of the 20th century.
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
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  and ordained in 1888. He was Curate
Curate
A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...

 of Clanabogan
Clanabogan
Clanabogan is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 225 people. It lies within the Omagh District Council area....

 then Rector
Rector
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 of Termonmaguirk; and after that the incumbent
Incumbent (ecclesiastical)
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 at Fivemiletown
Fivemiletown
Fivemiletown is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles east of Enniskillen and 26 miles west-south-west of Dungannon, on the A4 Enniskillen-to-Dungannon road. Its population as of 2009 is estimated to be 1,128. The village is most famous for its creamery, which...

. He became a Canon
Canon (priest)
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 of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1912 and Archdeacon
Archdeacon
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 of Clogher
Clogher
Clogher is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, south of Omagh. The United Kingdom Census of 2001 recorded a population of 309.-History:...

 in 1917. He was appointed Bishop of Clogher
Bishop of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.-History:Clogher is one...

 in 1923 and served the Diocese
Diocese
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 for 20 years.He died on 29 November 1947.
His son
James Godfrey MacManaway
James Godfrey MacManaway, MBE was a British Unionist politician and Church of Ireland cleric, notable for being disqualified as a Member of Parliament, owing to his status as a priest.-Early life:...

 was also a Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
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 clergyman.
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