Denis Conway (1722–1796) was an
Irish Roman Catholic
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prelate
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who served as the
Bishop of Limerick from 1779 to 1796.
Biography
Denis Conway studied at the Irish College in Louvain and was ordained a priest 22 September 1753. He became bishop of Limerick in 1779 receiving consecration by Archbishop James Butler 2nd and died in 1796.
References
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1813 deaths
18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Roman Catholic bishops of Limerick