William Cecil de Pauley (1893-30 March 1968) was a Church of Ireland

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 bishop

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 and author

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  in the 20th century.

De Pauley was born in Portrush

Portrush

Portrush is a small seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border. The main part of the old town, including the railway station as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, is built on a mile–long peninsula, Ramore Head, pointing north-northwest....

 and educated at the Coleraine Academical Institution

Coleraine Academical Institution

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 and Trinity College, Dublin

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. He was a curate

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 at Enniscorthy

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 and Booterstown

Booterstown

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 before becomingProfessor

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 of Systematic Theology

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 at St. John's College, University of Manitoba

St. John's College, University of Manitoba

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 in Canada. His next positions were incumbencies

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 at St Peter’s Athlone and St John’s Sligo

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 before becoming Professor

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 of Systematic Theology

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 at Trinity College, Toronto

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 from 1932 to 1939 and then the rector

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 of St Matthias’ Dublin. He was Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

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 from 1950 to 1958 before becoming the Bishop of Cashel and Emly, Waterford and Lismore

Bishop of Cashel and Waterford

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. He was still the diocese's bishop when he died on 30 March 1968.