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James Mehaffey (29 March 1931 – 6 January 2020) was Bishop of Derry and Raphoe of the Church of Ireland at the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. Born on 29 March 1931 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin he was ordained in 1955. He began his clerical life with curacies at St Patrick's, Belfast and St John's, Deptford after which he was a minor canon at Down Cathedral. He was Bishop's Curate at St Christopher's, Belfast. He then served as the incumbent at Kilkeel and Cregagh before his elevation to the episcopate. He resigned 31 January 2002.