Jimmy Moore

Who is Jimmy Moore?

James Edward "Jimmy" Moore was an Irish bishop in the Church of Ireland.

Moore was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father was the Rt Revd Edward Moore, himself the son of the Revd W.R.R. Moore. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1957 He began his ordained ministry with curacies at St Columba's Knock and St Comgall's Bangor. After this he was priest in charge of the Church of the Transfiguration, Belvoir. After incumbencies at Groomsport and St Mark's Dundela he became Archdeacon of Down in 1989 and Bishop of Connor from 1995 to 2001.