John Beresford (dean of Elphin and Ardagh)

John Claudius Beresford was an Anglican priest in Ireland, most notably Dean of Elphin and Ardagh from 1944[1] to 1954.

Beresford was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained deacon in 1897 and priest in 1898. After a curacy in Drumgoon he held incumbencies in Bailieborough and Kiltoraght.[2]

  1. ^ Representative Church Body Library, Dublin (D4/ D4A/ D4B/Records of the Dioceses of Elphin & Ardagh) p51
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 London, OUP, 1948 p99