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Roland Lynch (died 1625) was Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as the Bishop of Kilmacduagh from 1587 to 1625.

A native of Galway,^[1] he was the Archdeacon of Clonfert ^[1] when nominated to the bishopric of Kilmacduagh by Queen Elizabeth I on 9 January 1587.^[2]^[3] He was appointed to the see by letters patent on 14 June and consecrated to the Episcopate in August 1587.^[2] Fifteen years later, he was granted in commendam the bishopric of Clonfert on 14 February 1602.^[4]^[5] It was said that he impaired the revenues of both sees by granting improper leases.^[4] He died in office at Loughrea in December 1625.^[4]^[5]

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References

1 2 Cotton 1849, The Province of Connaught, p. 181.
1 2 Cotton 1849, The Province of Connaught, p. 202.
↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 398.
1 2 3 Cotton 1849, The Province of Connaught, p. 166.
1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 383.

Bibliography

Cotton, Henry (1849). The Province of Ulster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. 3. Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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[connaught181-1] 1 2 Cotton 1849, The Province of Connaught, p. 181.

[connaught202-2] 1 2 Cotton 1849, The Province of Connaught, p. 202.

[handbook398-3] Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 398.

[connaught166-4] 1 2 3 Cotton 1849, The Province of Connaught, p. 166.

[handbook383-5] 1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 383.

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v t e Archdeacons of Clonfert
Clonfert	Meiler De Burgo Roland Lynch Thomas Burke Michael Smith John Kerr Adam Ussher William Ussher William Crowe William Pigott John Scott Thomas Hackett John Hackett James Butson John Armstrong Christopher Butson Francis Hassard Burkitt Henry Daly
Clonfert and Kilmacduagh	Richard Shannon George Townshend Cecil Burrows

v t e Bishops of Clonfert and of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Clonfert	Richard Nangle Roland de Burgo Stephen Kirwan Roland Lynch, Bishop of Kilmacduagh
Clonfert & Kilmacduagh	Robert Dawson William Bailey Edward Wolley William Fitzgerald Theophilus Bolton Arthur Price Edward Synge Mordecai Cary John Whitcombe Arthur Smyth Hon William Carmichael William Gore John Oswald Denison Cumberland Walter Cope John Law Richard Marlay Hon Charles Brodrick Hugh Hamilton Matthew Young George Beresford Nathaniel Alexander Christopher Butson (see merged to Killaloe and Clonfert)