John Pierce Brown
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Male
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Birth:
1843
Death:
1925
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Education:
Trinity College Dublin
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Biography
John Pierce Brown (1843-1925) was a senior priest in the Diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1899 to 1923.
Brown was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1868. After a curacy at Kilmore, he was appointed Rector of Loughinisland in 1870; and Precentor of Down in 1875. He was Archdeacon of Down from 1899 to 1912; and Dean of Down from 1913 until he retired in 1923.