John Whitcombe
Irish bishop (died 1753)
John Whitcombe, D.D. (died 22 September 1753) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland in the 18th century.[1]
Whitcombe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin after which he became Chaplain to the Duke of Dorset then Rector of Louth. He was consecrated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in January 1735;[2] and was also appointed in commendam to Kilfenora in 1742.[3] In 1752 he was translated to Down and Connor[4] and finally to the Archbishopric of Cashel later that year.[5]
He died on 22 September 1753.[6]
| Church of Ireland titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mordecai Cary | Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1735–1752 | Succeeded by Arthur Smyth |
| Preceded by Edward Synge | Held in commendam the Bishop of Kilfenora 1742–1752 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by John Ryder | Bishop of Down and Connor 21 March 1752 – 1 September 1752 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Arthur Price | Archbishop of Cashel 1752–1753 | Succeeded by Michael Cox |
References
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp170/1 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp504 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p211 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p21 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ "The Pedigree Register" Sherwood G (Ed): London, Society of Genealogists, 1910/13
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Bishops of Clonfert and of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
- Richard Nangle
- Roland de Burgo
- Stephen Kirwan
- Roland Lynch, Bishop of Kilmacduagh
- Robert Dawson
- William Bailey
- Edward Wolley
- William Fitzgerald
- Theophilus Bolton
- Arthur Price
- Edward Synge
- Mordecai Cary
- John Whitcombe
- Arthur Smyth
- Hon William Carmichael
- William Gore
- John Oswald
- Denison Cumberland
- Walter Cope
- John Law
- Richard Marlay
- Hon Charles Brodrick
- Hugh Hamilton
- Matthew Young
- George Beresford
- Nathaniel Alexander
- Christopher Butson
- (see merged to Killaloe and Clonfert)
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