Frederick Richards Wynne (19 June 1827 – 2 November 1896) was the 6th Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert.
Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was ordained in 1850. After a curacy in Carnteel he held incumbencies at St Mary, Kilkenny and St Mathias, Dublin. A Canon Residentiary at both of Dublin's cathedrals (Christ Church and St Patrick's) he was also Professor of Pastoral Theology at Trinity College Dublin. In 1893 he became the Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert, a post he held until his sudden death. He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
His son Henry Vynne also became a priest, and was Vicar of the parish church in Yapton, Sussex. A daughter married another priest, the rev. W. H. Harper; while his third daughter Florence Anne Wynne married in 1902 the architect and architectural historian Philip Mainwaring Johnston.
References
- Obituary. The Bishop Of KillaloeThe Times Wednesday, 4 Nov 1896; pg. 6; Issue 35039; col D
- Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505
- The Last 24 Hours. The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Friday, 17 November 1893; Issue 14203
- Multiple News Items The Standard (London, England), Wednesday, 25 December 1850; pg. ; Issue 8228.
- "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- "The Life of Frederick Richards Wynne, Bishop of Killahoe" Hannay,J: London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1897
- "Marriages". The Times. No. 36866. London. 6 September 1902. p. 1.
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| Preceded byWilliam Chester | Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert 1893–1896 |
Succeeded byMervyn Archdall |