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

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]

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] and ordained at Ordained Bishop S. Isidore, Church, Rome.

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.[citation needed]

References

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

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Catholic Church titles Preceded byDavid Kearney(archbishop) Archbishop of Cashel 1626–1654 Succeeded byJohn de Burgo (vicar apostolic)


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