Laurence Richardson (bishop)

Styles of
Laurence Richardson, O.P.
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style My Lord
Religious style 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][3] His episcopal ordination took place in Dublin on 1 May 1747; the principal consecrator was the Most Reverend John Linegar, Archbishop of Dublin.[4]

After a long illness, Bishop Richardson died in Dublin on 29 January 1753, aged 52,[1][2][3] and was buried in St James' Cemetery, Dublin.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bishop Lawrence Richardson, O.P.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 350.
  4. ↑ Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 285.
  5. ↑ Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 286.

References

  • Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Volume IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.


Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Michael MacDonagh		 Bishop of Kilmore
1747–1753 		Succeeded by
Andrew Campbell