Richard Lincoln
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ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Dublin
In office21 June 1757 – 18 June 1763
PredecessorJohn Linegar
Richard Lincoln | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Dublin | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Dublin |
| In office | 21 June 1757 – 18 June 1763 |
| Predecessor | John Linegar |
| Successor | Patrick Fitzsimons |
| Previous posts | Titular Bishop of Aradus (1755-1757) Coadjutor Archbishop of Dublin (1755-1757) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1730 |
| Consecration | 11 January 1756 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1707 |
| Died | 18 June 1763 (aged 55–56) Smithfield, Dublin, County Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland |
Richard Lincoln (1707–1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.[1]
Born in Dublin, Lincoln studied in the Irish College in Salamanca. Lincoln was ordained priest in 1730. Lincoln was appointed co-adjutator to Bishop Linegar, and was appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1757.[2] He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He died in post on 18 June 1763, at Smithfield, Dublin, and was buried in St. James graveyard.
