James Keene (bishop)

James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 5 August 1919) was an Irish Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]

Keene was educated at Rathmines School and Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was ordained in 1879[3] and was the rector of Navan and headmaster of Navan College before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Meath.[4] He died on 5 August 1919[5] and two years later his wife published a memorial to him.[6]

References

  1. "A New History of Ireland", Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. "Who was Who"1897–1990, London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
  4. "History of the Diocese of Meath", Healy, J., Dublin, Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1908
  5. The Times, 6 August 1919; pg. 7; Issue 42171; col E, Obituary. The Bishop of Meath
  6. "In Loving Memory. A sketch of the life of James Bennett Keene, D.D., Bishop of Meath" by Henrietta Sophia Bennett Keene, The Expository Times, Vol. 32, No. 5, 203-218 (1921), doi:10.1177/001452462103200503
Religious titles
Preceded by
Joseph Ferguson Peacocke
Bishop of Meath
1897 1919
Succeeded by
Benjamin John Plunket
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