James Verschoyle

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{{Portal|Christianity}} James Verschoyle, LL.D. (1747–1834) was an Irish Anglican bishop."History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801; with a catalogue of the Archbishops and Bishops, continued to November, 1840; and a notice of the alterations made in the hierarchy by the act of 3 and 4 William IV" Mant, R. p790: London; John W. Parker; 1840

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin,"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860)" George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p838: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 he was successively Archdeacon of Glendalough,[https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2023822/gv4_nbl_lh_nbl_show5_php_id_051132.html Burke's Landed Gentry Of Ireland, 1912, Pg.732] Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and Bishop of Killala and Achonry.{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |pages=395–396}}{{cite book |last=Cotton |first=Henry |title=The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland |series= Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae |volume=4, The Province of Connaught |year=1850 |publisher=Hodges and Smith |location=Dublin |pages=67–78 }}

He died in April 1834.{{cite news | title=Death of the Bishop of Killala | newspaper=The Morning Chronicle | location=London, England | date=23 April 1834 | issue=20174}}