Robert Warke

Robert Alexander Warke (10 July 1930 – 12 January 2021) was Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross^[1] from 1988 to 1998.^[2][3]

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He was educated at The King's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, and ordained deacon in 1953 and priest in 1954. His first post was a curacy at St Mark’s Newtownards.^[1] He was later Rector of Dunlavin (1964-67), then at the parish of Drumcondra and North Strand (1967-71), Rector of Zion Church Rathgar (1971-88), and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) in 1980 Archdeacon of Dublin.^[4][5]

Notes

1. "The Episcopal Succession". Cork, Cloyne & Ross. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
2. Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
3. "WARKE, Rt. Rev. Robert Alexander : Death notice". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
5. Garrett, Arthur (1985). In Ages Past: The Short of North Strand Church Sunday and Day School. Dublin: Jack Hade and Company.

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Preceded by Samuel Greenfield Poyntz	Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1988 –1998	Succeeded by Paul Colton