Simon Digby (bishop) explained

Type:bishop
Children:16[1]
Bishop of Elphin
Church:Church of Ireland
Diocese:Elphin
Consecration:23 March 1679
Parents:Essex Digby
Alma Mater:Trinity College Dublin
Spouse:Elizabeth Westenra

Simon Digby was an Irish Anglican bishop at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century.[2] He was the son of Essex Digby and attended Trinity College Dublin.[1] After a short spell as Dean of Kildare in 1678–1679, he was nominated Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 24 January 1679 and consecrated on 23 March that year.[3] He was summoned to attend the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II of England in 1689. In 1690 he was translated to Elphin, being nominated on 4 December and appointed by letters patent on 12 January the following year.[4] He died in office on 7 April 1720.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/simon-digby.php Library Ireland
  2. "History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
  3. "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
  4. "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860