John Orr
Male, Deceased Person
1874 – 1938
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Who was John Orr?
The Most Rev John Orr, DD, MA was a 20th-century Anglican Bishop.
Born in 1874 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1900. He began his ministry with curacies at St John’s, Dublin and All Saints, Aghade, and St Nicholas, Dundalk and Kilmore Cathedral. In 1912 he became Rector of Sligo and in 1917 appointed Dean of Tuam. In 1923 he became Bishop of Tuam and in 1927 was translated to Meath. He died in post on 21 July 1938
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