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 |
Patrick Ochegan |
1458 (Disputed) |
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Henry McBee |
1458 (Disputed) |
1476 - William Caxton sets up a printing press at
Westminster |
Maurice MacDompnayll |
1486- |
1492 - Christopher Columbus 'discovers' America |
Odo (Hugo) Yealty |
1500- |
1509 - Henry VIII became King of
England |
Thomas Thom |
1622-24 |
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Robert Dawson (Became a Bishop) |
1624-1627 |
1624 - Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible is publicly burned by order of the pope |
William Moore |
1627- |
1627 - Spanish Government goes bankrupt |
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(Commonwealth Minister) (President of Harvard University 1684-1701) |
1658-1659 |
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 roman catholics and non-conformists. |
Robert Gage (Prebendary of Aghadowey 1691-1725) |
1689-1691 |
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 (Former Arch-deacon) |
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 |
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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..... |
Thomas Spotswood |
1795-1833 |
1805 - Battle of Trafalgar |
1826-1849 |
1829 - Stephenson's "Rocket" wins locomotive
trials held at Rainhill |
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Edward French *(Formerly Curate of Banagher and Dungiven) |
1849-1863 |
1849 - Californian Gold Rush |
Henry Ferguson Stevenson |
1863-1872 |
1869 - Suez Canal opens |
William David Johnston *(Curate of this parish from 1863) |
1872-1891 |
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 |
William Kelly |
1909-1926 |
1916 - Battle of the Somme fails to break the
German line in northern France |
Joshua Samuel Willis * |
1927-1930 |
1929 - New York Stock Market crashes |
John Boyle |
1930-1949 |
1933 - Hitler appointed Chancellor of
Germany |
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 |
1998 - 'Good Friday Agreement' signed by political parties in Northern Ireland |
Vacant |
2005-2009 |
2008 - The 'Credit Crunch' begins with problems in USA mortgage system |
Robin Lavery |
2009-2015 |
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Tommy Allen |
2016-2017 |
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Derek Creighton |
2017-2019 |
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