# Daniel Witter

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{{Short description|Irish Anglican Bishop}}
{{For|the New York politician|Daniel P. Witter}}
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'''Daniel Witter''' (died 1675) was an [Irish Anglican](/source/Church_of_Ireland) [priest](/source/priest) in the seventeenth century.<ref>"History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840</ref>

He was born in England and moved to Ireland as chaplain to the [James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde](/source/James_Butler%2C_1st_Duke_of_Ormonde), [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland).<ref>{{cite book| title = The whole works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland and it's splat his face, Volume 1|first= Sir James|last = Ware}}</ref> He was [Dean of Ardfert](/source/Dean_of_Ardfert) from 1661 to 1664 when he became [Dean of Down](/source/Dean_of_Down).<ref>"Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 {{ISBN|0-521-56350-X}}, 9780521563505</ref> He was nominated to be the [Bishop of Killaloe](/source/Bishop_of_Killaloe) on 4 August 1669 and consecrated in September that year.<ref>"A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}}</ref>

He died in office on 16 March 1675.<ref>"Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860</ref>

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