Godfrey Day

The Most Reverend John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day^[1] MA, DD was a 20th-century Church of Ireland Archbishop.^[2]

Godfrey Day was born into an ecclesiastical family on 12 May 1874; his father was Maurice Day, later Bishop of Clogher.^[3] Educated at Oakham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge,^[4] he was ordained in 1897.^[5] He was a Missionary for the Cambridge Mission to Delhi until 1909^[6] when he became Vicar of St Ann’s Church, Dublin (1913–21).^[7] He became Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1920,^[8] holding the post for 18 years. In 1938 he was elected Archbishop of Armagh^[9] but died within two months of taking office.^[10]

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1. genealogical web site
2. Proni
3. Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
4. "Day, John Godfrey Fitzmaurice (DY893JG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. Ordinations. Worcester The Times Wednesday, Dec 22, 1897; pg. 3; Issue 35393; col C
6. ”The Clergy List” London, John Phillips, 1900
7. Dublin Heritage and S.G. Poyntz, St. Ann's: the church in the heart of the city (Dublin, 1976), p. 98.
8. New Irish Bishop The Times Wednesday, Jun 16, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42438; col F
9. The Times, Friday, Jun 10, 1938; pg. 14; Issue 48017; col B New Archbishop of Armagh enthroned
10. The Times, Tuesday, Sep 27, 1938; pg. 14; Issue 48110; col C The Archbishop Of Armagh Primate Of All Ireland