Robert Rowan | |
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Dean of Ardfert | |
Church | Church of Ireland |
Diocese | Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe |
In office | 1924 to 1946 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1897 |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Philip Rowan 10 September 1870 |
Died | 19 June 1946 | (aged 75)
Denomination | Anglicism |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Robert Philip Rowan (10 September 1870 – 19 June 1946) was an Irish Anglican priest. He was Dean of Ardfert from 1924 until 1946. [1]
Rowan was educated at Trinity College, Dublin [2] and ordained in 1897. He began his ecclesiastical career with curacies at Tralee and Wexford. [3] He was a chaplain to the forces at Curragh and Shorncliffe then senior curate at St John's Lowestoft. After incumbencies in Castleisland, Kenmare and Killarney [4] he was elevated to the Deanery. He was Archdeacon of Ardfert and Aghadoe and Canon of Effin from 1938 to 1943.[ citation needed]