Anthony Dopping

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Anthony Dopping (born Dublin, 28 March 1643 – 25 April 1697) was the Anglican Bishop of Meath, Ireland.

Biography

He was born in Dublin, the son of Anthony Dopping, Clerk of the

in 1655.

He was a Fellow of Trinity College and consecrated as Bishop of Kildare on 2 February 1679. He was translated to the Diocese of Meath on 14 January 1681 and made vice-Chancellor of Trinity College and a Privy Councillor. He served as Bishop of Meath until his death in 1697. When James Margetson, Archbishop of Dublin, fled during the reign of the Catholic King James II of England, Dopping remained in Dublin as the main Protestant spokesman.

Although assuring King James of his loyalty, Dopping strongly advocated the Protestant minority viewpoint. He attended the

's camp to declare his allegiance to the new king.

He died in Dublin in 1697 and was buried in St Andrew's.

Family

Dopping married a sister of

.

References

• Burke, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland.
• "Dopping, Anthony (1643–1697), Church of Ireland bishop of Meath".
  doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7827. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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• 'Anthony Dopping, Bishop of Meath' by Joseph Irvine Peacocke, in "The Irish Church Quarterly", Vol. 2, No. 6 (Apr., 1909), pp. 120–133 (viewable on JSTOR).