Samuel Poyntz

The Rt Revd Samuel Greenfield Poyntz DD

Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
In office 1978–1987
Bishop of Connor
In office 1987–1995
Personal details
Born	4 March 1926
Nationality	Irish
Spouse(s)	Noreen Henrietta née Armstrong
Alma mater	Portora Royal School, Enniskillen; Trinity College, Dublin
Religion	Church of Ireland

Samuel Greenfield Poyntz (born 4 March 1926) was an Irish bishop^[1] and author^[2] in the last third of the 20th century.^[3]

He was born in Manitoba in Canada to the Revd James Poyntz and Catherine Greenfield and was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Trinity College, Dublin^[4] and ordained in 1951.^[5] 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.^[6] In 1987 he was translated to be the Bishop of Connor,^[7] retiring in 1995.

Publications

↑ Fryde, 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.
↑ Among 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
↑ "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
↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
↑ Cork Anglican
↑ Diocese of Connor

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Richard Gordon Perdue	Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1978– 1987	Succeeded by James Edward Moore
Preceded by William John McCappin	Bishop of Connor 1987 – 1995	Succeeded by Robert Alexander Warke

Bishops of Cork and Cloyne, of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and of Cork and Ross

Cork & Cloyne	Dominic Tirrey Roger Skiddy Richard Dixon Matthew Sheyn

Cork, Cloyne & Ross	William Lyon John Boyle Richard Boyle

Cork & Ross	William Chappell

Cork, Cloyne & Ross	Michael Boyle Edward Synge

Cork & Ross	Edward Wetenhall Dive Downes Peter Browne Robert Clayton Jemmett Browne Isaac Mann Euseby Cleaver William Foster William Bennet Thomas Stopford Lord John Beresford Thomas St Lawrence Samuel Kyle (became Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross)

Cork, Cloyne & Ross	Samuel Kyle James Wilson William Fitzgerald John Gregg Robert Gregg Edward Meade Charles Dowse William Flewett Robert Hearn George Simms Richard Perdue Samuel Poyntz Robert Warke Paul Colton

Anglican Bishops of Connor

King Irwin Cyril Elliott Arthur Butler William McCappin Samuel Poyntz Jimmy Moore Alan Harper Alan Abernethy

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