Thomas Walsh (archbishop of Cashel)

Thomas Walsh born in Waterford, Ireland in 1580 - died in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1654; was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Cashel from 1626 to 1654.[1][2][3]

Styles of
Thomas Walsh
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleArchbishop

He was appointed the archbishop of the Metropolitan see of Cashel on 27 April 1626 and consecrated in the Spanish Netherlands on 8 July 1626.[1][2][3] After the siege of Limerick in 1651, the archbishop was compelled to go into exile.[2]

Walsh died in exile on 5 May 1654.[1][2][3] On 6 May 1654 he was buried with great ceremony in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral next to the Chapel of the Kings and Relics.

References

  1. "Archbishop Thomas Walsh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  2. Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, pp. 22–25.
  3. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 417.

Bibliography

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
David Kearney
(archbishop)
Archbishop of Cashel
1626–1654
Succeeded by
John de Burgo
(vicar apostolic)


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