John Le Leche (or John Le Leck or John Le Leek also John The Leche) (died 1313) was a
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of
Dunkeld
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and prelate during the early 14th century. After the death of
Matthew de Crambeth,
Bishop of Dunkeld
The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Cormac. However, the first k ...
, in 1309,
William Sinclair was elected by some of the
chapter to the bishopric. John le Leche, however, was elected soon afterwards, and had the support of King
Edward II of England
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. The
diocese of Dunkeld
The Diocese of Dunkeld was one of the 13 historical dioceses of Scotland preceding the abolition of Episcopacy in 1689.
History
It is thought that the diocese was constituted as far back as the middle of the ninth century. The first occupant ...
lay vacant for three years, while the issue was contested at the
Papal see
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.
Pope Clement V
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appointed James,
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Deacon of
St George
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in
Velabro, to judge the issue; but this was resolved when, on 22 May 1311, John de Leche was promoted to the
Archbishopric of Dublin. He held the latter for two years. He obtained a charter for the earliest
University in Dublin in 1311 but his sudden death in 1313 greatly hampered the establishment of the university, and it never flourished, due largely to a lack of sufficient funds. It had no connection with the present day
Trinity College Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
, which was founded in 1592.
References
*
Dowden, John, ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
*
Watt, D. E. R., ''Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638'', 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
External links
*
:de:Liste der Erzbischöfe von Dublin
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13th-century births
1313 deaths
Archbishops of Dublin
14th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops of Dunkeld (non consecrated, titular or doubtful)
14th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland