Stephen Dowdall (born in
Navan
Navan ( ; , meaning "the Cave") is the county town of County Meath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 30,173, making it the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland by population, tenth largest settlement in ...
) was an
Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
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clergyman and
bishop
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for the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin (; ga, Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinn) is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the A ...
. He became ordained in 1733. He was appointed bishop in 1734. He died in 1737.
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References
18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
1737 deaths
People from Navan
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