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'''Walter Cyril Spence''' (1919 - 2009) was [[Dean of Tuam]]<ref>[http://www.tuamherald.ie/living/roundup/articles/2015/07/08/4038788-tuams-gay-dean-tells-his-story/ Tuam Herald]</ref> from 1966 to 1981.<ref>[[Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]] (London, OUP, 1980/82) {{ISBN|0-19-200010-1}}</ref>
Corbett was born in 1919, educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] and [[ordained]] in 1943.
After a [[Curate|curacies]] in [[Maghera]]  and [[Roscommon]] he held [[Incumbent (ecclesiastical)|incumbencies]] at [[List of townlands of County Sligo|Ballysumaghan]] and [[Tubbercurry]] before his appointment as [[Dean (religion)|Dean]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
He died on 6 November 2009.<ref>[http://notices.irishtimes.com/?_fstatus=search;keywords=SALMON%20Rev%20Dean;s_source=itir;source=all;type=death Irish Times]</ref>
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