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Nicholas Synge
Nicholas Synge was an 18th-century Irish Anglican priest.[1]
Synge was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] He was Rector of Headford and Prebendary of Kilbeg from 1720 until 1731[3] and Archdeacon of Tuam from 1731 until 1743.[4] He was appointed Prebendary of Malahide in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in 1737[5] and resigned in 1743 to become Archdeacon of Dublin.[6] In 1745 he became Bishop of Killaloe[7] and from 1752 Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora.
He died on 19 January 1771:[8] his brother was also a bishop.[9]
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- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. p35 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
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- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p471 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- ^ "The Silence of Barbara Synge" McCormack W. J. p59: Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2003 ISBN 0719062780
- ^ "The Baronetage of England" Betham, W p487: London, Burrell and Bransby, 1805