John Merriman (bishop)

John Merriman DD was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the sixteenth century. ^[1]

An Englishman,he was Chaplain to Elizabeth I of England before his consecration as Bishop of Down and Connor on 19 January 1568. He died in post in 1572.^[2]

References

↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton,H. p203 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by James MacCawell	Bishop of Down and Connor 1568–1572	Succeeded by Hugh Allen

Bishops of Down and Connor; of Down, Connor and Dromore; and of Down and Dromore

Down and Connor	James MacCawell John Merriman Hugh Allen Edward Edgeworth John Charden Robert Humpston John Todd James Dundas Robert Echlin Henry Leslie Jeremy Taylor Roger Boyle Thomas Hacket Samuel Foley Edward Walkington Edward Smyth Francis Hutchinson Carew Reynell John Ryder John Whitcombe Robert Downes Arthur Smyth James Traill William Dickson Nathaniel Alexander Richard Mant (became Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore)

Down, Connor and Dromore	Richard Mant Robert Knox William Reeves Thomas Welland John Crozier Charles D'Arcy Charles Grierson John MacNeice Charles King Irwin

Down and Dromore	William Kerr Frederick Mitchell George Quin Robin Eames Gordon McMullan Harold Miller

Church of Ireland dioceses

Province of Armagh	Armagh Clogher Connor Derry and Raphoe Down and Dromore Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Tuam, Killala and Achonry

Province of Dublin	Cashel and Ossory Cork, Cloyne and Ross Dublin and Glendalough Limerick and Killaloe Meath and Kildare

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