Thomas Leverous (1487–1587) was a
16th Century Roman Catholic
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priest
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.
Leverous was a
foster brother
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to
Gerald FitzGerald, the 9th Earl of Kildare. He held
livings at
Laraghbrine,
Kerdiffstown and
Maynooth
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.
Queen Mary I
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appointed him
Archdeacon of Armagh in 1554 (held to 1456);
Bishop of Kildare
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on 1 March 1555; and
Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin on 30 August 1555. He was deprived of both posts for refusing to take the
Oath of Supremacy in 1560, however, he was still recognized as the Roman Catholic bishop until his death in
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 ...
in 1577.
["Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp95/6 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878]
Notes
Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Bishops of Kildare
1577 deaths
Archdeacons of Armagh
1487 births
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