About Edward Synge
Lived 1614 – 1678 (aged 63–64). Edward Synge was a presbyter.
Edward Synge (died 1678) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as the Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1661–1663) and subsequently the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (1663–1678).
A native of Bridgnorth in Shropshire, England, he was educated at Drogheda Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. While he was the Dean of Elphin, he was nominated the bishop of Limerick on 6 August 1660 and consecrated on 27 January 1661. He became the bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe when the Anglican sees of Limerick and Ardfert and Aghadoe were united in 1661. He was translated to bishopric of Cork, Cloyne and Ross by letters patent on 21 December 1663.
He died in office on 22 December 1678.
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Who was Edward Synge?
Irish bishop
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Edward Synge was born in 1614.
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Edward Synge died in 1678.
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Edward Synge was a presbyter.
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· DBpedia: Edward Synge (bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross)
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