Henry Downes (died 1735) was an eighteenth-century Irish Anglican bishop.[1]
He was nominated Bishop of Killala and Achonry on 24 January 1717 and consecrated on 12 May that year.[2] In 1720 he was translated to Elphin, being nominated on 1 May and appointed by letters patent on 12 May 1720.[3] In 1724 he was nominated on 17 March to be the Bishop of Derry and appointed by letters patent on 9 April 1724. In 1725 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. Finally on 11 January 1727 he was nominated Bishop of Derry and appointed by letters patent on 8 February 1727. He died in office on 14 January 1735.[4]
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- ^ "Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
- ^ "History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
- ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
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