Michael Mayes

Michael Hugh Gunton Mayes (born 31 August 1941) was Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1993 to 2000 and then of Limerick and Killaloe until 2008.^[1]

Mayes was educated at The Royal School, Armagh and Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] He was ordained in 1964 and his first post was as a curate in Portadown^[3] after which he spent six years as an USPG missionary in Japan. ^[4] He then held incumbencies in Cork and was later Archdeacon of the area before his ordination to the episcopate.

References

1. Inauguration details
2. Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
4. Brief biography