Robert Philip Rowan (10 September 1870 – 19 June 1946) was an Irish Anglican priest. He was Dean of Ardfert from 1924 until 1946.[1]
Robert Rowan | |
|---|---|
| Dean of Ardfert | |
| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Diocese | Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe |
| In office | 1924 to 1946 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1897 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Philip Rowan 10 September 1870 |
| Died | 19 June 1946 (aged 75) |
| Denomination | Anglicism |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Rowan was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[2] and ordained in 1897. He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at Tralee and Wexford.[3] He was a chaplain to the forces at Curragh and Shorncliffe then senior curate at St John's Lowestoft. After incumbencies in Castleisland, Kenmare and Killarney[4] he was elevated to the Deanery. He was Archdeacon of Ardfert and Aghadoe and Canon of Effin from 1938 to 1943.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ 'ROWAN, Ven. Robert Philip', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 31 July 2013
- ^ 'DUBLIN UNIVERSITY' The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, 29 October 1891; Issue 23812
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
- ^ "The Church of Ireland in County Kerry" Murphy, J.A. p243: Cork, Lulu, 2016 ISBN 9781471080258
