Anthony Martin (bishop)


Anthony Martin, DD, MA was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the first half of the 17th-century.
Martin was born in County Galway and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Trinity College, Cambridge. Martin became Vicar of Yagoestown in 1618. He was Prebendary of Castleknock at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1619 to 1620; and Archdeacon of Dublin from then until 1625. He was also Rector of Battersea, Treasurer of Cashel Cathedral and Dean of Waterford 'in commendam
Martin was the Bishop of Meath from 1624 until his death in July 1650.