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John Phair

1876 – 1967

Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin; Irish Anglican bishop

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About John Phair

Lived 1876 – 1967 (aged 91). John Phair was an anglican priest.

John Percy Phair (1 November 1876 – 28 December 1967) was a 20th-century Anglican bishop.

John Percy Phair was born in Roscommon, the son of a farmer Peter Phair and Martha Phair, of Ram Park, Castlerea, County Roscommon. He had younger brothers Edgar and Casper.

Educated at Trinity College Dublin, Phair was ordained in 1900. He held curacies in Conwal, Church Hill, County Donegal and Monkstown, Dublin and incumbencies in St Catherine's, Thomas Street, Dublin and Christ Church Leeson Park. He was Rural Dean of Rathdowney and then Dean of Ossory (1923–1940) before becoming Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1940. He retired in 1961; and died on 28 December 1967.

Phair married Alice Maude Banks (1883–1945) from Belfast. They had several children: Kenneth Meade Phair, Sheila Maude Phair, and Rev. Edgar Nevill Phair. Following the death of his first wife, Phair married Pauline Beryl Eustace (1906–90) from Hillside Farm, Hampstead, Glasnevin, on 30 July 1958.

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Trinity College, Dublin
Positions held
Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin, Dean of Ossory
Also known as
John Percy Phair, Rt. Rev. John Percy Phair

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Frequently asked questions

Who was John Phair?

Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin; Irish Anglican bishop

When was John Phair born?

John Phair was born on 1 November 1876.

When did John Phair die?

John Phair died on 28 December 1967.

What was John Phair's occupation?

John Phair was an anglican priest.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Phair

· Wikidata: Q6252735

· DBpedia: John Phair

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