John Porter (bishop)

John Porter , DD was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.^[1] He was nominated Bishop of Killala and Achonry on 6 May 1795 and consecrated on 7 June 1795 that year. He was translated to Clogher^[2] on 30 December 1797 and died in office on 27 July 1819.^[3]

References

↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
↑ "The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 83" London, F. Jeffries, 1798
↑ The Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, August 04, 1819; Issue 15145. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II

Religious titles
Preceded by John Law	Bishop of Killala and Achonry 1795–1797	Succeeded by Joseph Stock
Preceded by William Foster	Bishop of Clogher 1797–1819	Succeeded by Lord John Beresford

Bishops of Killala and Achonry

Archibald Hamilton Archibald Adair John Maxwell Henry Hall Thomas Bayly Thomas Otway John Smith William Smyth Richard Tennison William Lloyd Henry Downes Charles Cobbe Robert Howard Robert Clayton Mordecai Cary Richard Robinson Samuel Hutchinson William Pery William Preston John Law John Porter Joseph Stock James Verschoyle

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