Frederick Mitchell
Irish bishop

Frederick Mitchell

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Irish bishop
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Male
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Birth:
30 July 1901
Death:
3 June 1979
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Education:
Trinity College Dublin
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Biography

Frederick Julian Mitchell (30 July 1901 – 3 June 1979) was the 12th Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh who was later translated to Down and Dromore.

Educated at Campbell College and Trinity College, Dublinand ordained in 1925, his first post was a curacy atSt Mary, Belfast. He then held incumbencies at St Polycarp Finaghy and St Patrick, Kilconriola and was later appointed Rural Dean of Ballymena, his last post before ordination to the episcopate. He was elected to Down and Dromore on 18 October 1955 (his election was confirmed the same day) and he retired from that see on 7 November 1969.