Richard Perdue
Irish bishop
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| Intro | Irish bishop | |||
| Places | Ireland | |||
| was | Priest | |||
| Work field | Religion | |||
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| Religion: | Anglicanism | |||
| Birth | 13 February 1910 | |||
| Death | 8 August 1998 (aged 88 years) | |||
| Star sign | Aquarius | |||
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Richard Gordon Perdue (13 February 1910 – 8 August 1998) was an Anglican bishop.
Perdue was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1934. After curacies at Drumcondra and Rathmines he was the incumbent at Castledermot and then Archdeacon of Killaloe and Kilfenora. He was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in 1953 and translated to be the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in 1957. He retired in 1978.