Laurence Richardson (bishop) explained

Bishop Name:	Laurence Richardson, O.P.
Dipstyle:	The Most Reverend
Offstyle:	My Lord
Relstyle:	Bishop

Laurence Richardson (or Lawrence Richardson; 1701–1753) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1747 to 1753.

A Dominican friar, he was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by Pope Benedict XIV on 6 February 1747.^{[1] [2]} His episcopal ordination took place in Dublin on 1 May 1747; the principal consecrator was the Most Reverend John Linegar, Archbishop of Dublin.^[3]

After a long illness, Bishop Richardson died in Dublin on 29 January 1753, aged 52,^{[1] [2]} and was buried in St James' Cemetery, Dublin.^[4]

References

• Book: Brady, W. Maziere . William Maziere Brady

. William Maziere Brady . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . 1876 . Tipografia Della Pace . Rome . 1 .

• Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Moody . T. W. . Martin . F. X. . Byrne . F. J. . Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II . 1984 . Oxford University Press . A New History of Ireland . IX . Oxford . 0-19-821745-5 .

Notes and References

1. , Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.
2. , A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 350.
3. , The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 285.
4. , The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 286.