John Oswald (bishop) explained

John Oswald was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.^[1]

He was nominated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 1 April 1762 and consecrated on 4 July that year;^[2] translated to Dromore on 7 May 1763; and finally to Raphoe on 25 August 1763.^[3] He died on 4 March 1780.

Notes and References

1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press..
2. " The annual register" London, J.Dodsley, 1765
3. "A political index to the histories of Great Britain & Ireland Volume 3" Beatson,R: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806