Edward Murphy (bishop)
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ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Dublin
In office1 September 1724 – 22 December 1728
PredecessorEdmund Byrne
Edward Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Dublin | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Dublin |
| In office | 1 September 1724 – 22 December 1728 |
| Predecessor | Edmund Byrne |
| Successor | Luke Fagan |
| Previous post | Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (1715-1724) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1677 by James Lynch |
| Consecration | 29 December 1715 by Edmund Byrne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dominic Edward Murphy 1651 |
| Died | 22 December 1728 (aged 76–77) Dublin, County Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland |
Dominic Edward Murphy (b Balrothery 1651 - d Dublin 1728) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop in the first third of the 18th century.[1]
Murphy trained in the Irish College at Salamanca and was ordained a priest in Madrid, in 1677. He was consecrated Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin in 1715[2] and translated to the Archbishopric of Dublin in 1724.[3] He died in post on 22 December 1728.[citation needed]
