Adam Loftus (bishop)


Adam Loftus
Archbishop of Dublin
Primacy of Ireland
ChurchChurch of Ireland
ProvinceDublin
DioceseDublin and Glendalough
Installed9 August 1567
Term ended5 April 1605
PredecessorHugh Curwen
SuccessorThomas Jones
Other post(s)Archbishop of Armagh (2 March 1563 – 9 August 1567)
Orders
Consecration1563
by Hugh Curwen
Personal details
Born1533
Died5 April 1605 (age 71/72)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsEdward Loftus
SpouseJane Purdon (m. c. 1560)
Children10, including Dudley and Edward
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Adam Loftus
1st Provost of Trinity College Dublin
In office
1 August 1592 – 30 July 1594
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byWalter Travers

Adam Loftus (c. 1533 – 5 April 1605) was an English Anglican bishop who was Archbishop of Armagh, and later Dublin, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1581. He was also the first Provost of Trinity College Dublin.