John Whitcombe
Irish Anglican archbishop
About John Whitcombe
John Whitcombe, D.D. (died 22 September 1753) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland in the 18th century.
Whitcombe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin after which he became Chaplain to the Duke of Dorset then Rector of Louth. He was consecrated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in January 1735; and was also appointed in commendam to Kilfenora in 1742. In 1752 he was translated to Down and Connor and finally to the Archbishopric of Cashel later that year.
He died on 22 September 1753.
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