Richard Bourke (bishop)
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The Honourable
Richard Bourke (22 April 1767 - 15th November 1832) was the last Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
before it merged with the defunct Ecclesiastical Province
of Cashel
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Born into an aristocratic family, he was educated at Christ Church Oxford.
The Honourable
The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...
Richard Bourke (22 April 1767 - 15th November 1832) was the last Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Waterford and town of Lismore in the Republic of Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1838, and is still used by the Catholic Church....
before it merged with the defunct Ecclesiastical Province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Cashel
Archbishop of Cashel
The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....
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Born into an aristocratic family, he was educated at Christ Church Oxford.