Godfrey Day

Who was Godfrey Day?

The Most Rev John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day MA, DD was a 20th-century Anglican Archbishop.

Born into an ecclesiastical family on 12 May 1874 and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1897. a Missionary for the Cambridge Mission to Delhi until 1909 when he became Vicar of St Ann’s Church, Dublin. He became Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1920, holding the post for 18 years. In 1938 he was elected Archbishop of Armagh but died within 2 months of taking office.