Hedley Webster

Hedley Webster (21 July 1880 – 28 June 1954) was the 12th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh.[1]

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin[2] and ordained in 1904, his first posts were curacies at St Luke's, Cork and Holy Trinity, Cork. He held incumbencies at Kinneigh [3] and Blackrock before being appointed Archdeacon of Cork in 1938. He was Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh from 1945 to 1953.[4]

  1. ^ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  4. ^ Bishop Of Killaloe To Resign The Times Tuesday, Aug 18, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52703; col B