Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo (; ; 1736 – 20 August 1794) was an

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and cleric who held several high offices in the

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including

Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin The Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of Church of Ireland diocese of Ferns and Leighlin in the Province of Dublin. The diocese comprised all of counties Wexford and Carlow and part of counties Wicklow and Laois in Republic of Ire ...

(1772–82) and

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(1782–94).

Family

Bourke was the second son of

John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo (; ; circa 1705 – 1790), styled Lord Naas (; ) from 1775 to 1781 and Viscount Mayo from 1781 to 1785, was an Irish politician and peer who was MP for Naas (1727–60, 1768–72) and Old Leighlin (1760–68) an ...

and Mary Deane. In 1760, he married Elizabeth Meade, the daughter of Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet and Catherine Prittie. They had four sons:

John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, GCH, PC (Ire) (; ; 18 June 1766 – 23 May 1849) was an Irish peer and courtier, styled Lord Naas (; ) from 1792 to 1794, who served as Chairman of Committees in the Irish House of Lords until 1801. Career ...

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, Joseph, and George, and six daughters: Catherine, Mary-Elizabeth, Mary-Anne, Charlotte, Louisa, and Theodosia-Eleanor., ''A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire'', vol. 2, pp. 156–157. Theodosia's son, Matthew Hale, was the first Bishop of Perth and then the Bishop of Brisbane.

Ecclesiastical career

Prior to his elevation to the

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, Bourke's earlier ecclesiastical appointments were

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of Armagh (1760–1768);

Dean of Killaloe The Dean of Killaloe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Flannan in Killaloe in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. The Dean of Killaloe is also Dean of St Brendans, Clonfert, Dean of Kilfenora ...

(1768–1772),

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of Kilskyre, near

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(1769–1772); and

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(1772). He was nominated as the

on 7 September 1772 and appointed by letters patent on 19 September 1772., ''The Province of Connaught'', p. 342., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 394. He was consecrated at St. Thomas's Church, Dublin on 11 October 1772; the principal

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was John Cradock, Archbishop of Dublin, and the principal co-consecrators were Charles Jackson,

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and William Newcome,

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. Ten years later, he was

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to the Archbishopric of Tuam by letters patent on 8 August 1782., ''The Province of Connaught'', p. 18., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 406. On the death in 1792 of his brother,

John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo (; ; circa 1729 – 20 April 1792), styled Lord Naas (; ) until 1790, was an Irish politician and peer who was MP for Naas (1763–90). Career Bourke was the son of John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo and Mary Deane, ...

, he succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Mayo. He died at Kilbeggan in County Westmeath on 20 August 1794, and was interred in the burying ground of his family near

Naas Naas ( ; ga, Nás na Ríogh or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 21,393, making it the second largest town in County Kildare after Newbridge. History The name of Naas has been recorded in th ...

, County Kildare.

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