Patrick Fitzsimons (bishop) explained

Patrick Fitzsimons (1695–1769) was an Irish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dublin in the second half of the 18th century.[1]

Fitzsimons was educated at the Jesuit-run English College of St Gregory in Seville, and was ordained priest in 1718. He was appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1763.[2] He died in post on 2 October 1769.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfitzp.html Catholic Hierarchy
  2. Book: Brady, W. Maziere . William Maziere Brady . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . 1876a . Tipografia Della Pace . Rome . 1 .