Walter Lynch (bishop)

Walter Lynch (1595-1663^[1] was an Irish prelate who served as Bishop of Clonfert in the seventeenth century.^[2]

He arrived in Ireland in 1647; and was appointed on 11 March 1647 and consecrated on 9 April 1648. He left Ireland in 1648 and spent the rest of his life in Hungary. Lynch died on 14 July 1663.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Irish Madonna Hungary: Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 p419 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John de Burgh	Bishop of Clonfert 1647–1663	Succeeded by See vacant

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[1] Irish Madonna Hungary: Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert

[2] Catholic Hierarchy

[3] Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 p419 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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