Roland Lynch Explained

Bishop Name:	Roland Lynch
Dipstyle:	The Right Reverend
Offstyle:	My Lord or Bishop

Roland Lynch (died 1625) was Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as the Bishop of Kilmacduagh from 1587 to 1625.

A native of Galway,^[1] he was the Archdeacon of Clonfert^[1] when nominated to the bishopric of Kilmacduagh by Queen Elizabeth I on 9 January 1587.^{[2] [3]} He was appointed to the see by letters patent on 14 June and consecrated to the Episcopate in August 1587.^[2] Fifteen years later, he was granted in commendam the bishopric of Clonfert on 14 February 1602.^{[4] [5]} It was said that he impaired the revenues of both sees by granting improper leases.^[4] He died in office at Loughrea in December 1625.^{[4] [5]}

Bibliography

• Book: Cotton, Henry . Henry Cotton (divine)

. Henry Cotton (divine) . The Province of Ulster . Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland . 3 . 1849 . Hodges and Smith . Dublin .

• 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 .

Notes and References

1. , The Province of Connaught, p. 181.
2. , The Province of Connaught, p. 202.
3. , Handbook of British Chronology, p. 398.
4. , The Province of Connaught, p. 166.
5. , Handbook of British Chronology, p. 383.