Simon Digby (bishop)

Simon Digby
Bishop of Elphin
ChurchChurch of Ireland
DioceseElphin
Previous post(s)
Orders
Consecration23 March 1679
Personal details
Died7 April 1720 (1720-04-08)
ParentsEssex Digby
SpouseElizabeth Westenra[1]
Children16[1]
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

Simon Digby was an Irish Anglican bishop at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century.[2] He was the son of Essex Digby and attended Trinity College Dublin.[1] After a short spell as Dean of Kildare in 1678–1679, he was nominated Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 24 January 1679 and consecrated on 23 March that year.[3] He was summoned to attend the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II of England in 1689. In 1690 he was translated to Elphin, being nominated on 4 December and appointed by letters patent on 12 January the following year.[4] He died in office on 7 April 1720.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Library Ireland
  2. ^ "History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
  3. ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody, T.W; Martin, F.X; Byrne, F.J;Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  4. ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe
1679–1691
Succeeded by
Vacant Bishop of Elphin
1691–1720
Succeeded by