Styles of Edward Synge | |
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Reference style | The Right Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord or Bishop |
Edward Synge
3 JUL 1621 | ||||
Christening Place | SAINT MARY MAGDALENE,BRIDGNORTH,SHROPSHIRE,ENGLAND | |||
Father's Name | Humphrey Syng |
(died 1678) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as the Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1661–1663) and subsequently the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (1663–1678).
A native of Bridgnorth in Shropshire, England, he was educated at Drogheda Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. While he was the Dean of Elphin, he was nominated the bishop of Limerick on 6 August 1660 and consecrated on 27 January 1661. [1] He became the bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe when the Anglican sees of Limerick and Ardfert and Aghadoe were united in 1661. [2] He was translated to bishopric of Cork, Cloyne and Ross by letters patent on 21 December 1663. [3]
He died in office on 22 December 1678. [3]
His older brother George Synge (1594–1653) had been bishop of Cloyne (1638–1652) before ejection in the Civil War. His son Edward (1659–1741) and his grandsons Edward (1691–1762) and Nicholas (1693–1771), also became bishops. [4]
The Bishop of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert or the Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe in the Province of Dublin.
The Bishop of Limerick is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Limerick in the Province of Munster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it still continues as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.
The Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardfert and townland of Aghadoe, both in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
Events from the year 1661 in Ireland.
The Bishop of Ross was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the town of Rosscarbery in County Cork, Ireland. The title is now united with other bishoprics. In the Church of Ireland it is held by the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and in the Roman Catholic Church it is held by the Bishop of Cork and Ross.
The Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, also referred to as the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is a diocese in the Church of Ireland. The diocese is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. It is the see of the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the result of a combination of bishoprics of Cork and Cloyne in 1429, Cork and Cloyne and Ross in 1583, the separation of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1660 and the re-combination of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1835.
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Francis Marsh was Archbishop of Dublin from 1682 to 1693.
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William Cecil Pery, 1st Baron Glentworth was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.
Edward Synge may refer to:
Edward Synge, D.D., M.A., B.A. (1659–1741) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin (1705–1714), Bishop of Raphoe (1714–1716), and Archbishop of Tuam (1716–1741).
Edward Synge (1691–1762) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland who was the Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh (1730–1732), Bishop of Cloyne (1732–1734), Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1734–1740) and Bishop of Elphin (1740–1762).
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Church of Ireland titles | ||
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Preceded by Robert Sibthorp | Bishop of Limerick 1660–1661 | Title united with Ardfert and Aghadoe |
New title | Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 1661–1663 | Succeeded by William Fuller |
Preceded by Michael Boyle | Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1663–1678 | Succeeded by Edward Wetenhall (Bishop of Cork and Ross) |
Succeeded by Patrick Sheridan (Bishop of Cloyne) |