Robert Bonsall Pike was Bishop of Meath from 1959Theodore William Moody, Francis X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove:. A New History of Ireland, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976; until his death on 27 December 1973.The Times, Saturday, 29 Dec 1973; pg. 12; Issue 58975; col G Most Rev R. B. Pike
Born on 19 October 1905,“Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1930Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 he began his career with a curacy at Drumcree.
He was then Curate-in-charge of Aghavilly. He married H. K. Joan Moffat Wilson (1917-2005) on 21 April 1938 at St Brigid's Church, Stillorgan. He held incumbencies at Maryborough, Ballyfin, and Dysart Enos, was Rural Dean of Aghade and then Dean of Ossory (1957–1959) before his ordination to the episcopate.
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