# Godfrey Day
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{{short description|Irish Anglican archbishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Archbishop
| honorific-prefix = [The Right Reverend](/source/The_Right_Reverend)
| name = John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day
| honorific-suffix = D.D.
| church = [Church of Ireland](/source/Church_of_Ireland)
| diocese = [Armagh](/source/Diocese_of_Armagh_(Church_of_Ireland))
| title = [Archbishop of Armagh](/source/Archbishop_of_Armagh_(Church_of_Ireland))
[Primate of All Ireland](/source/Primacy_of_Ireland)
| term = 1938
| elected = 27 April 1938
| predecessor = [Charles D'Arcy](/source/Charles_D'Arcy)
| successor = [John Gregg](/source/John_Gregg_(Archbishop_of_Armagh))
| previous_post = [Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin](/source/Bishop_of_Ossory%2C_Ferns_and_Leighlin) ''(1920-1938)''
| ordination = 1899
| consecration = 1 November 1920
| consecrated_by = [John Gregg](/source/John_Gregg_(Archbishop_of_Armagh))
| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|05|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Greystones](/source/Greystones), [County Wicklow](/source/County_Wicklow), Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|09|26|1874|05|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), Ireland
| spouse = Cicely Langrishe
| parents = [Maurice Day](/source/Maurice_Day_(bishop_of_Clogher))
Charlotte Francis Ottley
| religion = [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism)
| nationality = [Irish](/source/Irish_people)
| alma_mater = [Pembroke College, Cambridge](/source/Pembroke_College%2C_Cambridge)
}}
'''John Godfrey Fitzmaurice Day'''[[http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_houses/hist_hse_bishopscourt.html genealogical web site]] (12 May 1874 – 26 September 1938) was a 20th-century [Church of Ireland](/source/Church_of_Ireland) [Archbishop](/source/Archbishop).[{{Cite web |url=http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction__armagh_diocesan_registry_archive.pdf |title=Proni |access-date=26 October 2010 |archive-date=16 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216153917/http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction__armagh_diocesan_registry_archive.pdf |url-status=dead }}]
==Biography==
Day was born into an ecclesiastical family; his father was [Maurice Day](/source/Maurice_Day_(Bishop_of_Clogher)), later [Bishop of Clogher](/source/Bishop_of_Clogher).[[''Who was Who'' 1897-1990](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}] Educated at [Oakham School](/source/Oakham_School) and [Pembroke College, Cambridge](/source/Pembroke_College%2C_Cambridge) (whence he gained his [Cambridge Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)) (MA Cantab)),[{{acad|id= DY893JG|name=Day, John Godfrey Fitzmaurice}}] he was [ordained](/source/ordained) deacon in [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_England) in 1897 and priest in [London](/source/London) in 1899.[''Ordinations. Worcester [The Times](/source/The_Times)'' Wednesday, Dec 22, 1897; pg. 3; Issue 35393; col C] He was a [Missionary](/source/Missionary) for the [Cambridge Mission to Delhi](/source/Cambridge_Mission_to_Delhi) until 1909[”The Clergy List” London, John Phillips, 1900] when he became [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of St Ann's Church, [Dublin](/source/Dublin) (1913–21).[[http://www.dublinheritage.ie/index.php?db=memorial&location=&page=154 Dublin Heritage] and S.G. Poyntz, ''St. Ann's: the church in the heart of the city'' (Dublin, 1976), p. 98.] He became [Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin](/source/Bishop_of_Ossory%2C_Ferns_and_Leighlin) in 1920,['' New Irish Bishop'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) Wednesday, Jun 16, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42438; col F] holding the post for 18 years. In 1938 he was elected [Archbishop of Armagh](/source/Archbishop_of_Armagh)[[The Times](/source/The_Times), Friday, Jun 10, 1938; pg. 14; Issue 48017; col B ''New Archbishop of Armagh enthroned''] but died within two months of taking office,[{{cite news | newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) | date=27 September 1938 | page=14; col C | issue=48110 | title=The Archbishop Of Armagh Primate Of All Ireland}}] having at some point become a [Doctor of Divinity](/source/Doctor_of_Divinity) (DD).
==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite TIWW |article=Ossory, Ferns And Leighlin, Bishop of |page=198 }}
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