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Patrick Fitzsimons (bishop)

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Patrick Fitzsimons
Archbishop of Dublin
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Dublin
In office 20 September 1763 – 2 October 1769
Predecessor Richard Lincoln
Successor John Carpenter
Orders
Ordination 26 December 1718
Personal details
Born 1695
Died 2 October 1769 (aged 73–74)

Patrick Fitzsimons (1695–1769) was an Irish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dublin in the second half of the 18th century.[1]

Fitzsimons was educated at the Jesuit-run English College of St Gregory in Seville, and was ordained priest in 1718. He was appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1763.[2] He died in post on 2 October 1769.

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