John Crozier (archbishop of Armagh)
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The Most Reverend John Baptist Crozier MRIA |
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| Lord Primate of All Ireland and Lord Archbishop of Armagh | |
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| See | Armagh |
| Installed | 1911 |
| Term ended | 1920 |
| Predecessor | William Alexander |
| Successor | Charles D'Arcy |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 April 1853 Knockfad, Ballyhaise, County Cavan, Ireland |
| Died | 11 April 1920 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Church of Ireland |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
John Baptist Crozier MRIA (8 April 1853 – 11 April 1920), was a Church of Ireland clergyman who served as Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1897–1907); Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore (1907–1911); and Lord Primate of All Ireland and Lord Archbishop of Armagh (1911–1920).
John Baptist Crozier, eldest son of the Reverend Baptist Barton Crozier and Catherine Mary Crozier (née Bolland) of Rockview, Ballyhaise, was born in the townland of Knockfad, Ballyhaise, County Cavan, on 8 April 1853. A tree called "The Primate’s Tree" still flourishes in the garden at Rockview House.
Crozier was baptized in Casletara Parish Church, Ballyhaise, on 24 June 1853 by curate Arthur Moneypenny. His grandfather, a justice of the peace, was John Crozier of County Fermanagh and his mother was daughter of John Boland, 54 Blessington St., Dublin. by Catherine his wife, daughter of John Howard of Bray, married at St George in Dublin on 15 February 1851.
He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin with a B.A. degree in 1872, a M.A. degree in 1875, and a B.D. and D.D. degree in 1888. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy from 1916. He was a keen horseman, Vice-President of the Holywood Cricket Club and one of the earliest members of The Wanderers Football Club of Dublin.
His extensive ministry began in 1876 in St Stephen, Belfast. Successive appointments followed to St Anne's Belfast (1877), Holyhood, County Down (1880), Dunsford in Down Cathedral (1889), St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin (1896), and as chaplain to Bishop Knox (1885), to the Bishop of Down (Welland) (1892) and to the Lord Lieutenant (1891).
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