John Orson Oldfield (24 June 1781;20 October 1860) was an Irish Anglican priest.Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Oldfield was born in Lismore, County Waterford and educated at Trinity College, Dublin.Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860) Burtchaell, G.D./Sadlier, T.U. p636: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 He was appointed Archdeacon of Elphin in 1823"The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p143 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849 Oldfield resigned in 1845 for the Prebendal Stall of Ballintubber in Elphin Cathedral."The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaght" Cotton, H p148 Dublin; Hodges and Smith; 1849
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