Stephen Creagh Sandes
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The Right Reverend Stephen Creagh Sandes, DD
was a Church of Ireland
bishop
in the Nineteenth Century.
A Fellow
of Trinity College, Dublin
, he was consecrated Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
on 12 June 1836 and translated
to Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore
in February 1839.
He died on 13 November 1842.
Doctor of Divinity
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was a Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
in the Nineteenth Century.
A Fellow
Fellow
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of Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
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, he was consecrated Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert
The Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Clonfert; comprising all of County Clare and part of counties of Tipperary, Galway and Roscommon, Ireland.-History:Under the Church Temporalities Act 1833, the Episcopal see was a union of the...
on 12 June 1836 and translated
Translation (ecclesiastical)
Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another...
to Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore
Bishop of Cashel and Waterford
The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford, the southern part of County Tipperary and a small part of County Limerick, Ireland.-History:In the Church of Ireland, although not in the Roman Catholic...
in February 1839.
He died on 13 November 1842.