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

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(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 (d.1807), 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, (; ; 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 He was the eld ...

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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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(1760–1768);

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(1768–1772), Rector of Kilskyre, near

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(1769–1772); and Dean of Dromore (1772). He was nominated as the

on 7 September 1772 and appointed by

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on 19 September 1772., ''The Province of Connaught'', p. 342., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 394. He was

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at St. Thomas's Church, Dublin on 11 October 1772; the principal

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was John Cradock,

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, and the principal co-consecrators were Charles Jackson,

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and

William Newcome William Newcome (10 April 1729 – 11 January 1800) was an Englishman and cleric of the Church of Ireland who was appointed to the bishoprics of Dromore (1766–1775), Ossory (1775–1779), Waterford and Lismore (1779–1795), and lastly to ...

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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 and made a member of the

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., ''The Province of Connaught'', p. 18. 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, d ...

, he succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Mayo. He died at

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on 20 August 1794, and was interred in the burying ground of his family near

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