Charles King Irwin was an eminent Irish

Irish people

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 clergyman  in the middle third of the 20th century.

Born on 30 March 1874 into an eminent ecclesiastical family, he was ordained in 1898 and began his career with a curacy

Curate

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 at Brantry, after which he was Vicar

Vicar

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 of Derrynoose

Derrynoose

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 and then Middletown

Middletown, County Armagh

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. Promotion to be Archdeacon

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 of Armagh

Diocese of Armagh (Church of Ireland)

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 followed, after which he was elevated to the Episcopate as the Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe. Translated

Translation (ecclesiastical)

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 to Down, Connor and Dromore

Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore

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 in 1942. He relinquished as bishop of Down and Dromore, but retained as bishop of Connor when the Diocese

Diocese

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was split on 1 January 1945. He retired on 31 May 1956 and died on 15 January 1960.