Editing Brian Hannon

{{Short description|Church of Ireland clergyman (1936–2022)}}
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| birth_place = Ireland
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2022|1|10|1936|10|6|df=y}}
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| education   = [[Trinity College Dublin]]
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'''Brian Desmond Anthony Hannon''' (5 October 1936 – 10 January 2022) was a [[Church of Ireland]] clergyman, who was [[Bishop of Clogher]] from 1986 to 2001. He was also the father of the singer and songwriter [[Neil Hannon]], lead member of [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2016/09/30/news/neil-hannon-the-hardest-thing-for-me-is-to-simplify-712978/|title=Neil Hannon: The hardest thing for me is to simplify|first=Richard|last=Purden|website=The Irish News|date=30 September 2016|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

Hannon was educated at [[Trinity College Dublin]], and [[ordained]] in 1962. His first post was a [[Curate|curacy]] in Clooney, [[County Londonderry]]; after which he was the [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|incumbent]] at [[Desertmartin]], County Londonderry. He ministered in [[Derry]], County Londonderry, from 1969 to 1982, during the time of [[The Troubles]].<ref>[[Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]] (London, Church House, 1995) {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}}</ref> He then moved to the [[Church of Ireland]] [[Diocese]] of [[Diocese of Clogher (Church of Ireland)|Clogher]], as [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of the [[Cathedral Parish]] of [[Enniskillen]] in [[County Fermanagh]],<ref>[http://www.enniskillencathedral.com/history.html Enniskillen Cathedral]</ref> and became [[Dean of Clogher]] in 1985. He was raised to the episcopate as Bishop of Clogher in 1986.

He retired on 5 October 2001, his sixty-fifth birthday.<ref>[http://www.ireland.anglican.org/archives/pressreleases/prarchive2001/hanpres.html Clogher Diocese Says Farewell To Retiring Bishop]</ref> Hannon died on 10 January 2022, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/19836799.bishop-clogher-right-rev-brian-hannon-dies-85/|title=Bishop of Clogher, the Right Rev. Brian Hannon (85) passes away|work=[[The Impartial Reporter]]|date=10 January 2022|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

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