Thomas Leger Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Thomas Legger
Bishop of Limerick
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Limerick
Term:1456-1457
Predecessor:John Mothel
Successor:William Creagh
Consecration:7 June 1456
Birth Place:Limerick
Death Date:1468
Death Place:Limerick, Ireland

Thomas Leger (died 1468) was a Roman Catholic prelate who briefly served as Bishop of Limerick.[1]

Biography

Begley records that Legger was appointed Bishop of Limerick by Pope Callixtus III after news reached Rome that John Mothel had died. Legger never received consecration and died in 1468.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Thomas Leger, C.R.S.A. . Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. Book: Begley . Canon John . The Diocese of Limerick, Ancient and Modern . 1906 . Browne & Nolan . Dublin.