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Richard Lincoln

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Richard Lincoln
Archbishop of Dublin
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Dublin
In office 21 June 1757 – 18 June 1763
Predecessor John Linegar
Successor Patrick Fitzsimons
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Aradus (1755-1757)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin (1755-1757)
Orders
Ordination 1730
Consecration 11 January 1756
Personal details
Born 1707
Dublin, County Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland
Died 18 June 1763 (aged 55–56)
Smithfield, Dublin, County Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland

Richard Lincoln (1707–1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.[1]

Born in Dublin, Lincoln studied in the Irish College in Salamanca. Lincoln was ordained priest in 1730. Lincoln was appointed co-adjutator to Bishop Linegar, and was appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1757.[2] He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He died in post on 18 June 1763, at Smithfield, Dublin, and was buried in St. James graveyard.

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