Godfrey Day

John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day^[1] (12 May 1874 – 26 September 1938) was a 20th-century Church of Ireland Archbishop.^[2]

The Most Reverend John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day D.D.
Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland
Church	Church of Ireland
Diocese	Armagh
Elected	27 April 1938
In office	1938
Predecessor	Charles D'Arcy
Successor	John Gregg
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1920-1938)
Orders
Ordination	1899
Consecration	1 November 1920 by John Gregg
Personal details
Born	(1874-05-12)12 May 1874 Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died	26 September 1938(1938-09-26) (aged 64) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Maurice Day Charlotte Francis Ottley
Spouse	Cicely Langrishe
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge

Biography

Day was born into an ecclesiastical family; his father was Maurice Day, later Bishop of Clogher.^[3] Educated at Oakham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (whence he gained his Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab)),^[4] he was ordained deacon in Worcester in 1897 and priest in London in 1899.^[5] He was a Missionary for the Cambridge Mission to Delhi until 1909^[6] when he became Vicar of St Ann's Church, Dublin (1913–21).^[7] He became Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1920,^[8] holding the post for 18 years. In 1938 he was elected Archbishop of Armagh^[9] but died within two months of taking office,^[10] having at some point become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).