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James Lynch (archbishop of Tuam)

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James Lynch
Archbishop of Tuam
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Tuam
In office 8 March 1669 – 31 October 1713
Predecessor John de Burgh
Successor Francis Burke
Orders
Consecration 26 May 1669
by Eugeen Albert d'Allamont
Personal details
Born 1623
Galway, County Galway, Kingdom of Ireland, British Empire
Died 31 October 1713 (aged 89–90)
Paris, Kingdom of France

James Lynch (c. 1623 – 31 October 1713) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Archbishop of Tuam from 1669 to 1713.[1][2]

Born about 1623 in Galway city,[1] he was appointed Archbishop of Tuam on 8 March 1669 and consecrated at Ghent on 16 May 1669. His principal consecrator was Eugenius Albertus d'Allamont, Bishop of Ghent, and his principal co-consecrators were Peter Talbot, Archbishop of Dublin and Nicholas French, Bishop of Ferns. It was not until 1671 that he was granted the pallium. Back in Ireland, he got on well with the civil authorities and was allowed to preach and teach. However, in 1674, he was arrested and compelled to go into exile. He died in office in Paris on 31 October 1713, aged 87 years old.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Archbishop James Lynch. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved on 5 April 2010.
  2. Back to citation Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  3. Back to citation Archbishop James Lynch. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved on 5 April 2010; Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X; Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia della Pace. pp. 145–146.