Richard Walsh (bishop)

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Richard Walsh DD (b Gortroe 1697; [1] d Cork 1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the eighteenth century. [2]

Walsh was a compromise candidate for the Bishopric of Cork. The two leading candidates were John O’Brien, Parish Priest of Castlelyons, and James Butler, nephew of the Archbishop of Cashel. [3] He was consecrated on 10 January 1748 and served until his death. [4]

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References

  1. Catholic Hierarchy
  2. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  3. Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops
  4. Diocesan web site