John Crozier (bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry)

John Winthrop Crozier (10 December 1879 – 14 February 1966) was the ninth Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry from 1939 to 1957."A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976

Crozier was born in Belfast,"Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," (:BIRTHS entry for John Winthorp Crozier; citing Belfast, Jan - Mar 1880 the son of Rev. John Baptist Crozier. Educated at Portora Royal School and Trinity College, DublinWho was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and ordained in 1903, his first post was a curacy in Banbridge. He was later Rector of Celbridge, Vicar of St Ann's Dublin,Church web site a temporary chaplain to the Forces, Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin and finally (before his appointment to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Dublin.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 During his 17 months as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, he served in Gallipoli and was mentioned in despatchesInformation held at the Museum of Army Chaplaincy He had become a Doctor of Divinity.

He died in Dublin in February 1966.

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