Thomas Otway (bishop)

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Thomas Otway (1615 – 6 March 1692) was an

Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]

Otway was born in

consecrated Bishop of Killala and Achonry on 29 January 1671.[2] He was translated to Ossory on 7 February 1680.[3] From 1680 until 1691 he was also Archdeacon of Armagh in commendam.[4] He attended the short-lived Patriot Parliament summoned by James II of England in 1689. He died on 6 March 1692 in Kilkenny.[5]

References

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  2. ^ Cotton, Henry (1850). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaught. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 67–78.
  3. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p. 46. Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878.
  4. ^ “Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the Prelates- Volume 1” Cotton, H. 282: Dublin, Hodges, 1848.
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Bishop of Killala and Achonry
1671–1680
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archdeacon of Armagh
1680–1691
Succeeded by
Bishop of Ossory
1680–1693
Succeeded by