Raymond d’Audemar Orpen (31 August 1837 – 9 January 1930"Bishop Orpen". The Times, 10 January 1930, p. 14.) was an Irish cleric in the 20th century.Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .A New History of Ireland, Moody, T. M; Martin, F. X; Byrne, F. J; Cosgrove, F: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976,
He was a curate at Rathronan and then Adare before becoming the Incumbent of Tralee.Who was Who1897–1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 He was Archdeacon of Ardfert until his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1907.Crockford's Clerical Directory1929–30 p 966 Oxford, OUP,1947 He retired in 1921.The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900.
In 1903 he helped to create the Guild of Witness (later the Irish Guild of Witness) with lay missionary Rosamond Stephen.90 years of the RCB Library, Diocese of Down and Dromore, December 2, 2022.
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