Frederick Mitchell (bishop)

Frederick Julian Mitchell (30 July 1901 – 3 June 1979) was the 12th Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh who was later translated to Down and Dromore.

Educated at Campbell College and Trinity College, Dublin ^[1] and ordained in 1925, his first post was a curacy at St Mary, Belfast.^[2] He then held incumbencies at St Polycarp Finaghy^[3] and St Patrick, Kilconriola and was later appointed Rural Dean of Ballymena, his last post before ordination to the episcopate. He was elected to Down and Dromore on 18 October 1955 (his election was confirmed the same day) and he retired from that see on 7 November 1969.

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Religious titles
Preceded by Albert Edward Hughes	Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 1950 –1955	Succeeded by Charles John Tyndall
Preceded by William Shaw Kerr	Bishop of Down and Dromore 1955 –1969	Succeeded by George Alderson Quin

Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh

merged from Kilmore and Ardagh & Elphin John Leslie Marcus Beresford Hamilton Verschoyle Charles Leslie Thomas Carson John Darley Samuel Shone Alfred Elliott William Moore Arthur Barton Albert Hughes Frederick Mitchell Charles Tyndall Edward Moore Gilbert Wilson Michael Mayes Ken Clarke Ferran Glenfield

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

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