John Whitcombe,
D.D.
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(died 22 September 1753) was an
Anglican
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bishop in
Ireland in the 18th century.
Whitcombe was educated at
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 ...
after which he became
Chaplain
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to the
Duke of Dorset then
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Louth. He was consecrated
Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in January 1735; and was also appointed
in commendam
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to
Kilfenora in 1742. In 1752 he was
translated to
Down and Connor
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and finally to the
Archbishopric of Cashel later
that year.
He died on 22 September 1753.
["The Pedigree Register" Sherwood G (Ed): London, Society of Genealogists, 1910/13]
References
Fellows of Trinity College Dublin
Bishops of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Bishops of Kilfenora (Church of Ireland)
Bishops of Down and Connor (Church of Ireland)
Anglican archbishops of Cashel
1753 deaths
Members of the Irish House of Lords
Irish Anglican archbishops
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