About Daniel Corrie
Lived 1777 – 1837 (aged 59). Daniel Corrie was a British anglican priest.
Daniel Corrie (10 April 1777 – 5 February 1837) was an English Anglican priest and bishop, the inaugural Bishop of Madras.
Corrie was born at Ardchattan, Argyll, Great Britain, the second son of John Corrie, a vicar in Lincolnshire. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, ordained a deacon of the Diocese of Lincoln on 13 June 1802 and ordained a priest on 10 June 1804. He became Archdeacon of Calcutta in 1823. He was consecrated bishop in 1835 and died on 5 February 1837. The Times later reported that he had been taken ill at an SPG meeting on 31 January 1837.
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Who was Daniel Corrie?
Bishop of Madras; English Anglican bishop
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Daniel Corrie was born on 10 April 1777 in Ardchattan and Muckairn.
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Daniel Corrie died on 5 February 1837 in Chennai.
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Daniel Corrie was an anglican priest.
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Daniel Corrie was British.
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