Paul Helsham (1761 - 1822) was an Anglican priest in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Helsham was born in County Kilkenny. He entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1776Alumni 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) p387: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 and graduated B.A. in 1781 and M.A. in 1792. The Rector of Kilfane,"Parliamentary Papers, Volume 9 Great Britain. House of Commons p340: 26 May 1820 he was Vicar choral of Kilkenny Cathedral from 1781 to 1796."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p325 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 After that Helsham was appointed Vicar general of the Diocese of Ossory in 1796 and Archdeacon of Ossory in 1801, holding both positions until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p306 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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