Francis Burke (bishop) explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific Prefix:	The Most Reverend
Francis de Burgo
Church:	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:	Archbishop of Tuam
Term:	1713–1723
Predecessor:	James Lynch
Successor:	Bernard O'Gara
Consecration:	4 April 1714
Birth Name:	Francis Burke
Death Date:	August or September 1723

Francis Burke, or de Burgo, or de Burgh (died August or September 1723) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Archbishop of Tuam (1713–1723).^{[1] [2]}

Career

Burke was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Tuam on 22 August 1713. He had been recommended by John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde, his kinsman. Two months later, he succeeded as Archbishop of Tuam on 31 October 1713, and consecrated on 4 April 1714. He died in office in August or September 1723.^[3]

See also

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
• Catholic Church in Ireland

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fryde, E. B. . E. B. Fryde . Greenway, D. E.. Porter, S.. Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . en.
• Book: William Maziere Brady

. Brady, W. Maziere . William Maziere Brady . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . Tipografia della Pace . Rome . 2 . 1876 . en.

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bburkef.html Archbishop Francis Burke
2. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E.. Porter, S.. Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 443.
3. Book: William Maziere Brady

   . Brady, W. Maziere . William Maziere Brady . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . Tipografia della Pace . Rome . 2 . 1876 . 146–147.