Mant, Richard (1776–1848)

English-born Church of Ireland bishop and leader of the High Church revival in Ireland. Mant was successively bishop of Killaloe (1820–32) and bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore (1823–48). He banned the (Evangelical) Established Church Home Mission from his diocese in 1828 and published Episcopal Jurisdiction Asserted as the Law of the Church and the Rule of the Clergy's Ministrations against clergy who operated in his diocese without consent. He set up the Church Architecture Society which was responsible for building 22 Belfast churches during his episcopacy.