Percy Jocelyn


Percy Jocelyn
Bishop of Clogher
ChurchChurch of Ireland
ProvinceProvince of Armagh
Installed1820
Term ended21 October 1822
PredecessorLord John Beresford
SuccessorLord Robert Tottenham
Previous post(s)Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
Orders
Consecration13 September 1809
by Charles Dalrymple Lindsay
Personal details
Born(1764-11-29)29 November 1764
Died3 September 1843(1843-09-03) (aged 78)
DenominationAnglicanism
Parents
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

The Rt Rev. and Hon. Percy Jocelyn (29 November 1764 – 3 September 1843) was Anglican Bishop of Clogher in the Church of Ireland from 1820 to 1822. He was forced from his position due to being caught in homosexual practices, which had been outlawed under the Buggery Act 1533.