Richard Lincoln
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Irish Roman Catholic bishop
Richard Lincoln (1707–1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.[1]
Born in Dublin, Lincoln studied in the Irish College in Salamanca. Lincoln was ordained priest in 1730. Lincoln was appointed co-adjutator to Bishop Linegar, and was appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1757.[2] He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He died in post on 18 June 1763, at Smithfield, Dublin, and was buried in St. James graveyard.
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[edit ]- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876a). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
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| Preceded by | Archbishop of Dublin 1757–1763 |
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