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Peter Maturin

Anglican priest in Ireland during the 18th century

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ63247117 ↗
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Peter Maturin was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 18th century.

Maturin was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was appointed a prebendary of Rosserkbeg in Killala Cathedral in 1722; and was Dean of Killala from 1724 until 1741. He was also Vicar-general of the Diocese of Killala and Achonry.

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This entry incorporates text from “Peter Maturin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.