William Steere was an Irish Anglican priest in the seventeenth century."History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
He was Dean of Ardfert from 1620 to 1628"Handbook of British Chronology" By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 , 9780521563505 when he became Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe."A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 In 1636 he was presented In commendam with the Archdeaconries of Cork and Cloyne. He died in office on 21 January 1638."Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
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