Richard Bourke (bishop)

The Honourable Richard Bourke (22 April 1767 – 15 November 1832) was the last Bishop of Waterford and Lismore[1] before it merged with the defunct Ecclesiastical Province of Cashel.[2]

Born into an aristocratic family,[3] he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was Prebendary of Tuam in 1791, Rector of Templemichael and of Mohill in 1795 and Dean of Ardagh in 1800 before his elevation to the episcopacy.

Notes
  1. The Gentleman's Magazine Volume 152, p. 645.
  2. Irish Tourist Board
  3. He was the second son of Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo



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