About Thomas Otway
Lived 1615 – 1692 (aged 76–77). Thomas Otway was a presbyter.
Thomas Otway (1615 – 6 March 1692) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland.
Otway was born in Wiltshire. He was educated at Sedbergh School and later consecrated Bishop of Killala and Achonry on 29 January 1671. He was translated to Ossory on 7 February 1680. From 1680 until 1691 he was also Archdeacon of Armagh in commendam. He attended the short-lived Patriot Parliament summoned by James II of England in 1689. He died on 6 March 1692 in Kilkenny.
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Who was Thomas Otway?
Anglican bishop in Ireland
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Thomas Otway was born in 1615.
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Thomas Otway died in 1692.
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Thomas Otway was a presbyter.
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