Dive Downes (b Thornby, Northamptonshire 1652 – d Dublin 1709) was Bishop of Cork and Ross from 1699 to 1709. Downes was born in Northamptonshire, son of the Reverend Lewis Downes. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1678. In 1683 he became a prebendary of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and in 1690 Archdeacon of Dublin. He was a conscientious bishop, and in 1699–1700 he visited every parish in his diocese: his "Visitation of Cork" has survived.