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William Bennett Chester was a Church of Ireland bishop and author. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1848. After a curacy in Kilrush he held incumbencies at Killead, Kilkee, Ballymackey, Nenagh and Birr. He was Chancellor then Archdeacon of Killaloe before his elevation to the episcopate in 1884. He died in post on 27 August 1893.

References

1. He was the 5th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, 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. Amongst others he wrote "Behold I come quickly" (George Herbert: Dublin, 1861); "The Christian Sacrifice" (ibid, 1873) and "Communion with God" (ibid, 1889), British Library website accessed 19:32GMT 4 January 2011
3. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p149: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
4. "A Bishop beloved" Bullock C.B.D: Home Words, London, 1893
5. The Times, Saturday, 19 Jan 1884; pg. 5; Issue 31034; col E
6. The New Bishop Of Killaloe
7. The Bishop of Killaloe. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, 4 March 1884; Issue 21411
8. Dublin Day by Day. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, 31 August 1893; Issue 24387
9. "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

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