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
  1. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. "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


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