Patrick Fitzsimons (bishop)

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Patrick Fitzsimons STD (1695–1769) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop 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.

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  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  2. ^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876a). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Dublin
1763–1769
Succeeded by