Simon Digby (bishop)
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ChurchChurch of Ireland
DioceseElphin
Previous post(s)
- Dean of Kildare (1678–1679)
- Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (1679–1690)
Consecration23 March 1679
by Michael Boyle
by Michael Boyle
Simon Digby | |
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| Bishop of Elphin | |
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| Church | Church of Ireland |
| Diocese | Elphin |
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| Consecration | 23 March 1679 by Michael Boyle |
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| Died | 7 April 1720 |
| Parents | Essex Digby |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Westenra[1] |
| Children | 16[1] |
| Alma mater | Trinity 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]
