FORMER
INCUMBENTS OF
ST TIDA'S CHURCH (CHURCH ISLAND AND BELLAGHY)
* denotes died in post |
YEARS OF SERVICE |
OTHER
PARALLEL HISTORICAL EVENTS |
|
Thaddeus |
408 |
432 - St Ninian (Ringan),
the Scottish Christian Bishop died in Whithorn
449 - Angles, Saxons and Jutes begin the conquest of Britain
461 - St Patrick, the British Christian Bishop died at Downpatrick 17th
March
563 - St Columba founds a monastery on Iona
839 - Viking raiders arrived in Lough Neagh
853 - Vikings & Danes submit to Olaf the White of Norway in Ireland
1066 - Normans conquer England
1155 - Pope Adrian IV does a deal with the English King Henry II to take
over Ireland with the proviso that his church can have a levy of at
least one penny per Irish house per year
1162 - Thomas a Beckett was consecreted as Bishop of Canterbury
1277 - Death of Ghengis Khan |
|
Patrick Ochegan |
1458
(Disputed) |
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Henry McBee (McBeagh?) |
1458 (Disputed) |
1476 - William Caxton sets
up a printing press at Westminster
1461 - Battle of Towton - Edward IV defeats Queen
Margaret to make good his claim to the English throne. Thought to be the
bloodiest battle ever fought in England. |
|
Maurice MacDompnayll
|
1486- |
1492 - Christopher Columbus
'discovers' America |
|
Odo (Hugo) Yealty
|
1500- |
1509 - Henry VIII became
King of England
1520 - Martin Luther was excommunicated for his expose' of papal abuse
and consequently the Reformation began in earnest
1563 - The 39 Articles of Faith were published
1611 - 'Authorised' Version of the Bible published |
|
Thomas Thom |
1622- |
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Robert Dawson |
1623- |
1624 - Martin Luther's German translation
of the Bible is publicly burned by order of the Pope |
|
William Moore |
1627- |
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|
Thomas Vesey |
1629-1634 |
1631 - Algerian pirates sack Baltimore,
County Cork in Ireland. |
|
John Freeman |
1634- |
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Charles Anthony |
1642- |
1642 - English Civil War
begins |
Increase
Mather
(President of Harvard University
1684-1701) |
1657- |
1658 - Oliver Cromwell dies |
|
William Browne |
1661-1686 |
1665 - Great Plague in
London followed by the Great Fire of London - 1666 |
|
Seth
Whittle (killed in Londonderry during the seige in 1689) |
1687-1689 |
1687 - King James II of England issues the
Declaration of Indulgence, suspending laws against Catholics and
non-conformists. |
|
Robert Gage (Prebendary
of Aghadowey 1691-1725) |
1689- |
1689 - William III and Mary
II become joint monarchs of England & Scotland |
|
Robert Gourney
(Prebendary of Cumber 1692-1734) |
1691- |
1691 - Spanish inquisition condemns and
forcibly baptizes 219 Jews at Palma in Majorca. When 37 try to escape
the island, they are burned alive at the stake |
|
John Moore |
1692-1694 |
1692 - Massacre of Glencoe |
|
Symon Rowe |
1694- |
1694 - A Royal Charter is granted to the
Bank of England. |
|
John Spotswood * |
1723-1745 |
1742 - George Frederick Handel composed the
'Messiah' |
|
John Richardson |
1745- |
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|
Josiah Marshall |
1761- |
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George Knox |
1761-1767 |
1765 - The Isle of Man is brought under
British control. |
|
Walter Lindsay |
1767-75 |
1768 - Captain James Cook's first voyage (1768-1771). |
|
Ralph Mansfield |
1775- |
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William Babbington * |
1775-1777 |
|
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Charles Stewart |
1777-1778 |
|
|
Newburgh Burroughs - Was also
domestic chaplain to Duke of Dorset, British ambassador at Paris |
1787-1795 |
1787 - Bishop Hervey begins
new 'Palace' at Ballyscullion and plans a 'folly' spire for the ruins at
Church Island! The Coalisland Canal was officially opened.....
1789 - George Washington becomes 1st President of USA
1794 - Present St Tida's Church building erected |
|
Thomas
Spotswood |
1795-1833 |
1805 - Battle of Trafalgar
1815 - Napolean defeated at Waterloo - Died 1821 |
|
George Hamilton Ashe |
1826-1849 |
1829 - Stephenson's "Rocket" wins locomotive trials held at
Rainhill
1833 - Slavery abolished in the British Empire |
|
Edward French
* |
1849-1863 |
1849 - Californian Gold Rush |
|
Henry Ferguson Stevenson |
1863-1872 |
1869 - Suez Canal opens |
|
William David Johnston * |
1872-1791 |
1885 - Benz develops the
first petrol car |
|
William Henry Giles |
1891-1894 |
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Sam Fenton |
1894-1909 |
1899 - Boer War begins in S.
Africa
1901 - First wireless message sent across the Atlantic
1908 - 1st Model "T" of a 15 million production run was made by Henry
Ford |
|
William Kelly |
1909-1926 |
1916 - Battle of the Somme
fails to break the German line |
|
Joshua Samuel Willis * |
1927-1930 |
1929 - New York Stock Market
crashes |
|
John Boyle |
1930-1949 |
1933 - Hitler appointed
Chancellor of Germany
1939 - World War II begins
1945 - D-Day landings in Normandy 6th June |
|
George W A Knowles |
1949-1963 |
1949 - Britain formally
recognises the independence of the Republic of Ireland |
|
Samuel Simpson |
1964-1981 |
1965 - The
Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland meet for
the first time in 43 years |
|
Frederick J
Reilly |
1981-2005 |
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|
Vacant |
2005- |
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