Charles Tyndall


Charles John Tyndall DD was the 13th Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh who was later translated to Derry and Raphoe.
Educated at The King's Hospital and Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1925, his first post was a curacy at Clontarf. He then held incumbencies at Enniscorthy and Drumcondra before being appointed Rural Dean of Fingal and then Archdeacon of Elphin and Ardagh. While at Kilmore, Tyndall was elected Bishop of Derry and Raphoe on 14 October 1958 ; he resigned on 30 September 1969.
He was the uncle of John Tyndall, the former chairman of the National Front and founder of the British National Party.