Samuel Poyntz

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| name = Samuel Greenfield Poyntz

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| order = Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

| term_start = 1978

| term_end = 1987

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| term_end2 = 1995

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| nationality = Irish

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| alma_mater = Portora Royal School, Enniskillen; Trinity College, Dublin

| spouse = Noreen Henrietta née Armstrong

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Samuel Greenfield Poyntz (4 March 1926 – 18 February 2017) was an Irish bishopFryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-56350-X}}. and authorAmong others he wrote "The Exaltation of the Blessed Virgin Mary", 1953; "St Stephen’s—One Hundred and Fifty Years of Worship and Witness", 1974; "Journey towards Unity", 1975; "St Ann’s—the Church in the heart of the City", 1976; "Our Church—Praying with our Church Family", 1983; and "Mary for Earth and Heaven: essays on Mary and ecumenism", 2002; and "Inter-Church Relations: developments and perspectives - a tribute to Bishop Anthony Farquhar", 2008 > British Library web site accessed 19:18 GMT Thursday 25 November 2010 in the last third of the 20th century."A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.M; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J; Cosgrove, F:Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}}{{cite web|title=X POYNTZ, Rt. Revd. Samuel Greenfield|url=http://notices.irishtimes.com/death/x-poyntz-revd-samuel/49261634|publisher=The Irish Times|accessdate=11 April 2017}}

He was born in Manitoba in Canada to the Revd James Poyntz and Catherine Greenfield. Poyntz was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Trinity College, DublinWho's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} and ordained in 1951.Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}} He began his career with curacies at St George’s Dublin and St Paul’s Dublin before becoming Rector of St Stephen’s, Dublin. From 1974 to 1978 he was Archdeacon of Dublin, when he became Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.[http://www.cork.anglican.org/people/succession.html Cork Anglican] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722143116/http://www.cork.anglican.org/people/succession.html |date=22 July 2011 }} In 1987 he was translated to be the Bishop of Connor,[http://www.connordiocese.org.uk/index.cfm?id=4 Diocese of Connor] retiring in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-samuel-poyntz-a-bishop-of-courage-and-vigour-35466847.html|title=Obituary: Samuel Poyntz, a Bishop of courage and vigour|work=belfasttelegraph.co.uk|accessdate=12 April 2017}}