Richard Lincoln (1707–1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop. 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 The Archbishop of Dublin is an archepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Irelan ...

in 1757. He received the degree of

Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity. In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ran ...

(DD). He died in post on 18 June 1763, at Smithfield, Dublin, and was buried in St. James graveyard.

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1707 births 1763 deaths Christian clergy from Dublin (city) 18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin {{Ireland-RC-archbishop-stub