About James Keene
Lived 1849 – 1919 (aged 69). James Keene was an anglican priest.
James Bennett Keene (25 October 1849 – 5 August 1919) was an Irish Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Keene was educated at Rathmines School and Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1879 and was the rector of Navan and headmaster of Navan College before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Meath. He died on 5 August 1919 and two years later his wife published a memorial to him.
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Irish bishop
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James Keene was born on 25 October 1849.
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James Keene died on 5 August 1919.
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James Keene was an anglican priest.
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