Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Lewis Jones (born c. 1542, Merionethshire, Wales; died 2 November 1646, Dublin, Ireland) was a Welsh priest and Bishop of Killaloe in the Church of Ireland.Jones was educated at Brasenose College at Oxford (Fellowship at All Souls, 1569) and married Mabel Ussher, sister of James Ussher (later Primate of All Ireland) in Ireland c. 1602. Irish historian James Ware claimed he was called \"the vivacious Bishop of Killaloe\" for having married a young wife at the age of threescore (60). He held several church posts in Ireland, finally becoming Bishop of Killaloe in 1633. His Puritan leanings were deplored by Archbishop Laud, but he remained in office until his death in 1646 at the reputed age of 104. He was buried in St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin.He was Dean of Ardagh (1606–1625) and Dean of Cashel (1609-1633), when he renovated Cashel Cathedral and instituted a choir there.Two of his sons were themselves bishops – Henry Jones (1605–1682) and Ambrose Jones (d. 1678). Three other sons, Michael Jones (d. 1649), Oliver Jones (d. 1664), and Theophilus Jones (d. 1685), were soldiers and politicians."@en }
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- Lewis_Jones_(bishop) abstract "Lewis Jones (born c. 1542, Merionethshire, Wales; died 2 November 1646, Dublin, Ireland) was a Welsh priest and Bishop of Killaloe in the Church of Ireland.Jones was educated at Brasenose College at Oxford (Fellowship at All Souls, 1569) and married Mabel Ussher, sister of James Ussher (later Primate of All Ireland) in Ireland c. 1602. Irish historian James Ware claimed he was called \"the vivacious Bishop of Killaloe\" for having married a young wife at the age of threescore (60). He held several church posts in Ireland, finally becoming Bishop of Killaloe in 1633. His Puritan leanings were deplored by Archbishop Laud, but he remained in office until his death in 1646 at the reputed age of 104. He was buried in St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin.He was Dean of Ardagh (1606–1625) and Dean of Cashel (1609-1633), when he renovated Cashel Cathedral and instituted a choir there.Two of his sons were themselves bishops – Henry Jones (1605–1682) and Ambrose Jones (d. 1678). Three other sons, Michael Jones (d. 1649), Oliver Jones (d. 1664), and Theophilus Jones (d. 1685), were soldiers and politicians.".