Hugh Goodacre
Hugh Goodacre | |
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| Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Archdiocese | Armagh |
| Appointed | 28 October 1552 |
| In office | 1552–1553 |
| Predecessor | George Dowdall |
| Successor | George Dowdall |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 2 February 1553 by George Browne |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1 May 1553 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | English |
Hugh Goodacre (died 1 May 1553) was an English Protestant clergyman, who was briefly
Primate of Ireland
.
Life
Nothing is known for certain of his family background or his early life. He was vicar of
Princess Elizabeth, who about 1548 or 1549 procured him a licence to preach from Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, the Lord Protector, recommending him in a letter to William Cecil
.
When Archbishop
Roman Catholic
priests whom he had tried to reform. Strype says he was famed for his preaching; none of his writings were published.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Goodacre, Hugh". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.- Strype, John Memorials of Thomas Cranmer, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury Oxford University Press 1840
- Sir James WareBishops of Ireland Dublin 1739
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