Joseph Abbott (Irish priest)

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{{Portal|Christianity}}Joseph William Abbott was Dean of Leighlin from 1912 until 1939.Crockford's Clerical Directory p1 Oxford, OUP, 1929

Bolton was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained deacon in 1876 and priest in 1876. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Bilboa. He held incumbencies in Old Leighlin, Tullow and Kiltennel.{{cite news |title=New Dean of Leighlin |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001384/19121223/155/0009 |accessdate=27 July 2018 |work=Dublin Daily Express |date=23 December 1912 |ref=yes |page=9}}

He died on 25 April 1939."Obituary" The Times (London, England), Thursday, 27 April 1939; pg. 21; Issue 48290{{Failed verification|date=July 2018|reason=Not mentioned on this page or in any Times search}}