Francisco de Ribera | |
Honorific Suffix: | OFM |
Diocese: | Leighlin |
See: | St Laserian's Cathedral (held by Church of Ireland) |
Appointed: | 14 September 1587 |
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Predecessor: | Thomas O'Fihelly |
Successor: | Luke Archer |
Opposed: | Richard Meredith |
Death Date: | 10 September 1604 |
Death Place: | Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands |
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Nationality: | Castilian |
Residence: | Irish College, Antwerp |
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Francisco de Ribera was a Spanish Franciscan priest from Toledo, a Doctor of Theology, whom Pope Sixtus V appointed as bishop of Leighlin, Ireland, on 14 September 1587.[1] Leighlin being under English control at this time, Ribera resided in the Irish College in Antwerp, where he built an infirmary.[1] He died in Antwerp on 10 September 1604.[2]