John Smith was an Irish Anglican priest in Ireland in the seventeenth century."History of the Church of Ireland, from the Reformation to the Revolution" By Mant, R. p742: London J.W. Parker, 1840
A native of Athboy, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" Burtchaell, George Dames/Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (Eds) p759 Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He became the Rector of Inniskeen in 1635. He was Archdeacon of Ardfert from 1664 to 1666"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp450/451 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 when he became Dean of Limerick."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p396 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 He was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Killala and Achonry in 1679 but died the following year on 7 March."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp69/70 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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